Mario,

Thanks for checking in and keeping us posted. You have been so helpful to me in my early, early weeks and I feel blessed to learn from your experience. I love hearing about your hubby getting annoyed. I know it will be a back and forth for me for a while but I was amazed to realize that my hubby actually had MORE than I did for the past two days. In the AM, I was asking him "How are you feeling?". He had more than I did tonight and he is running a marathon tomorrow.... Good luck LOL. Please keep posting. It means so much to those of us a few months behind. With gratitude, BTDT

5 alcohol and nal free days this week. Friday night I bought a bottle of wine and a few beers on my way home from work as I couldnt figure out which I wanted to drink. Had two small wine spritzers as I dont like wine on its own anymore but enjoy it with sprite or seven up. Changed to beer but only drank half of one. The reason for so little was Friday nights my sis and I usually sit at the kitchen table chating with our wine but she was away and it just didnt have the same appeal. I guess thats how normal drinkers are Saturday night I had two small hot whiskeys and 3 beers at the pub with Hubby. Sunday night I had two glasses of wine and 1 beer. I had a slight craving on Wednesday evening but forgot to get any beers on the way home from work so that finished that one. The only issue that happened this weekend was I went upstairs Sunday evening to take my nal but when I was going to bed that night it was still sitting on my locker, I had forgotten to take it. It didnt make any difference though.

I dont know if this is cured or not but it sure doesnt feel like I have a drinking problem and thats good enough for me. The fear of alcoholism is over, its all I ever wanted.

I know there has been a bit of debate on the board about the science and the evidence behind tsm but for me personally how can I ever thank tsm and Sinclair for this massive, massive change in my life?. For the best part of the three years while I was abstinant I was on antidepressants with periodic stretches of anxiety. While I was activily alcoholic I was on antidepressents constantly along with varying doses of xanax. The only thing I take now is a vit b complex. Oh yeah and NAL Thats some change in life.

Im sorry I dont get here much anymore so Im not getting around to others threads much but I will continue to update this one, its the very least I can do after what tsm has done for me.

Nice to see your progress! I wouldn't worry about not being here too long, you have your life to get on with now---rememeber, there is no scarlet TSM

Mario, there is nothing double-blind and placebo controlled about your story but when I read your post just now I smiled and said "good for her" to myself. I think your definition of cured is close to mine. That is, alcohol doesn't get in the way of your life anymore. I'm getting glimpses of that life and I like what I see. Thanks for the update. Your posts are always inciteful and entertaining because you are so good at conveying how you are feeling with words. Those subjective things are every bit as important as the objective numbers of drinks and AF days and reallly don't show up in anyone's published data.

I am so happy for your Mario, sounds like you have your life back. That is what we all want, and it is great to see that it is possible. Thanks for posting!

This is wonderful to see. I'm so glad you're getting there Mario. You deserve it and have been at this for a good while. Proof that sticking with it pays off! Thanks for still updating your thread. That's more than enough to help us all see TSM in action

Again a pretty similar week, maybe a little bit better if anything. Drank Friday night and Saturday night. 4 drinks on Friday night and four drinks on Saturday night with hubby. He is as happy as a small squirral that Im going out with him at the weekends again. Hubby is quiet but loves to see me chatting to everyone within shouting distance of us. Saturday night coming home he said you are the biggest flirt Ive ever seen, I had been chatting and joking with a couple of guys in the bar. He doesnt take a blind bit of notice though and enjoys the fun.

Ive been al and nal free since and probally will be untill Friday night. I hardly even think of it anymore. Last night we were watching desperate housewives (utter trash) and an advert came on for Bailys Cream and I said Oh Id love one. Hubby was going for a pint and wanted me to go with him but the craving was gone instantly and I didnt. Prior to nal the very idea that I would be able to get a drink I would have been out the door like a shot from a gun.

Its absolutly wonderfull to see so many new people joining here in the last few weeks. Its great that the news is getting out there.

Great week Mario! Yeah I'm excited about the big influx of newbies too! Maybe that little newsweek blurb really helped! Lets keep posting so they have some type of ideas what to expect. The search thing is tough. The main thing I try to share is the discovery that TSM takes way longer than it says in the book, for whatever reason.

Thanks for being around and supportive Mario

Hey Mario, I think I'm one of those newbies you were talking about. It's great reading your posts and watching your progress!

Just wishing you the best of everything life has to offer you. May you always see life thru clear eyes again & no more rose colored glasses.
My best to you. You are doing fantastic!!!
ALWAYS JANE