Hi Ketch

Really sorry to hear about your job loss. It sounds to me like you are a talented performer so I hope you can find something else. You could ditch the car & fly there as that interlocking device sounds like a pain in the arse (ass to you.) I don't think we have them in NZ.

Your despondency re TSM reminds me of me, but remember you are still relatively new to this and it will be a roller coaster ride. Losing your job is a major stressor.

I'm thinking of you and hoping this week is going better.

Cheers
Sticky

Hi Ketch,

I am not sure if I have posted on your thread before, but if I haven't, I want you to know that I have been following you.

I feel a lot like you. I am finishing my 20th week, am still drinking way too much. But there are a lot of things that show me that I am making progress. You can read my thread if you wish.

I figure that I have about 20 more weeks of this until I get better. I just want you to know that I am pulling for you.

Hi all. Thanks for your much needed support through this difficult patch.

I have decided to relocate to Juneau in November. Ketchikan is a very small town and without that show I have nothing here holding me. Not even my cool flat is enough to keep me. So on I go. I am a gypsy like you Sticky... a drifter off to see the world, there's such a lot of world to see....

JDog, I do count the small victories in TSM. I am way down in levels compared to where I once was pre-TSM. I hardly drink white wine at all and I was downing a 1.5 litre of pinot grigio nightly 23 weeks ago. I could not do that now. Because the hangovers would be dibilitating.

I had my first AF day the day before yesterday but then last night I drank 11 Alaskan White's and a shot and a half of Jeager. Up, down, up, down.

My hangover is fierce. I know if I drank a beer right now I would feel better. But the craving is not there. My goal at this juncture, and I am in my 23rd week, is to have a solid three days AF. I can't even guess as to what that might feel like mentally, emotionally or physically. I am curious to find out.

Anyway, just thought I'd check in.

I have remained true to this method and have not had a drink without taking Nal.

It's the small but mighty victories that I am chalking up!

Best to everybody,

Ketchikan1 (Soon to be Juneau1)

P.S. On the bright side, I am looking forward to including and educating another health practitioner in regards to TSM because when I go to Juneau I will need a prescription for Nal!

All the best Ketch...take care! You seem to be in better spirits. Good luck!

TSM is working for you, Ketch, it's just a matter of patience! I think moving might be a good idea - maybe now you won't live above a bar ? Good luck and keep us posted.

Hi Ketchikan - Sorry to hear about your job. Been there - a job loss sucks even if you hate the job. It's worse if it means you'll have to uproot yourself, especially if you like that place. All that happened to me and more back in the day. I'm fairly stable job and locale-wise today, but I don't know that I'll ever not fear being "turned-out" as it were.

In any case, I've been following your progress since I've been on board here, and I wish you well.

-Takkat

Hi Ketch

Juneau - my hubby & I read a book about sailing around that area. It sounds beautiful. I hope things are better for you there and you find a good job. Looking forward to hearing about it.

Take care
Sticky

Take care Juno,

Let us know how you are doing.

Andy.

Hey all.

I am in the second day of my 24th week and you know what??

The Sinclair Method is working for me! While I really spiked in numbers last week (I even endured a trecherous three day binge) I can honestly report that my craving for alcohol today is at an all time low.

I've been sipping green tea and doing laundry on my day off today, relishing in one of my favorite shows, "The Millionaire Matchmaker." I am a reality show junkie, I must admit.

In my 22nd week I consumed between 50-60 units, then two days AF last Saturday and Sunday, then I had 12 units Monday and yesterday and today are again AF.

Hell to the Yes!

I never imagined having only 12 units in the course of 5 days, and yet, thank God, the universe and Dr. Sinclair-- here I am sober as a judge and happy to be.

Plans are moving forward as I have agreed to finish the tourist season here in Ketchikan at that little cafe. I am vacationing in Florida and then boarding a ferry with Ripley, my car and some belongings to meet whatever is next in my adventure.

I told my mom the other day that I feel like I am backpacking through Europe... you know? No plan, no burning ambition, no compass, no expectations.... just forward moving.

I also want to say to Electra, if you are reading this... I remember your having advised me about a month ago that I should try to begin to excercise some willpower regarding tapering off my unit intake, which was still very high back then with no sight of continuous AF days ahead. I must say, I was never able to do that: Abide by rules, limitations and boundries created for me by me to cease or control alcohol intake. I simply gave in to the very real cravings I had for alcohol.

Until now. And however this is coming about, I'll take it. It IS Nal working it's magic!

Thus, this method is proving to me that it is not only working, but is working in its own time and in it's own way. Trigger by trigger, I suppose. Though that process is deeper than I perhaps can consciously detect...

Just keeping this thread updated. And to encourage particularly the newcomers to this forum to keep on keeping on.

I am deeply surprised and relieved by my proven success here!

Hail to Nal,

Ketchikan1

Congrats Ketch, so glad you are having a turn for the better. It's always inspiring to hear the progress others are making! I was feeling really great about TSM for a while and then last night felt really like old times...but I guess it's just another trigger, as you point out. Keep hanging in there and fighting the good fight I guess