Hi Magda, Thank you for showing how easy this program can be if you adhere to the protocol and for your positive approach. Take care and give me a couple of months to catch up to you . Hugs, Keek

I am curious about the low dose naltrexone you are taking. Care to share some specifics? Thanks, Keek

Thanks, Keek!


I dissolved a 50 mg nal in a bottle in about 50 ml of water (10 tsp) and have been taking 2-3 droppers of it at bedtime. I think it's about 3 to 5 mg doses. The typical dosing for LDN is 1 - 6 mg. I'm hoping it will hasten the up-regulation of my opioid receptors. I think that it is making exercise more rewarding. At that dose it only partially inversely agonizes the µ opioid receptors for a few hours and supposedly makes them more sensitive. I've read that the best time to take it is between 9:00 and 11:00 pm.

Saturday I went to lunch at a place that has really good microbrew, so I took a nal so I could have one and I didn't do the LDN that night.

On an unrelated note, the beer was really, really good, so good I ordered a second one that I ended up leaving full on the table after one drink of it. It made me sleepy and headachy the rest of the afternoon. It's looking like even the occasional really nice drink is just not worth it. I'm wondering if my tolerance could really have diminished that much already. I don't think it was a naltrexone side effect, since it's never done that before and I've been taking a little each night. Whatever, it was gross.

8 weeks...

Not much to report. I was completely AF except for the aforementioned beer on Saturday. I've still been jogging, and I think that's improving slowly. I actually enjoy it, so that's nice.

I still keep looking the gift horse in the mouth and waiting for the other shoe to drop. I still can't quite get myself to believe that this problem has really been resolved this quickly. But, then I tell myself that if cravings come back I know what to do, so I'm not afraid.

It was disappointing to have such a bad reaction to the beer this week. The next time I have the opportunity to have really good beer or a nice glass of wine I'm not sure I'll take it. That makes me a little sad.

Applause Magda! I don't think it could be done any better. Isn't that a small price to pay for what you've gained?

Magda, I was sad for a while, while naltrexone did it's dirty work. Now I'm finding I just don't really care if I drink or not. The benefits so far outweigh any degree of sadness, that it becomes irrelevant

I spent last week surrounded by heavily drinking, passing out individuals at a lake, and all I could do with scratch my head and say WTF.

I'll take where I am, thanks

Good point. It's nothing, really.


Me too.

Thanks for the reality check, guys.

I also mourned the loss of my friend alcohol. Dont much miss it anymore though.

I'm going through a little bit of mourning myself. Though I'm still able to get drunk and get all the ugly effects of alcohol, that magic is gone. But that magic was what was driving me over the edge! It's what landed me in jail every single time I've been arrested. How different my life would be if I'd never felt that magic to begin with! I like to think I would have stopped drinking a long time ago if it weren't for that damned 'magic'!

10 weeks...

Missed last week's progress because, happily, there's not much to report. I haven't drank at all. I'm still exercising and taking low-dose naltrexone and both seem to be going well. My mood is good and I feel quite healthy.

I'm enjoying life without alcohol very much.