Time for an up-date.

I am in the middle of my 22nd week in TSM. I took 50mg for the first 4 weeks, then dropped to 25mg (because of the side effects) for the following 8 weeks. The following 6 weeks were a 50/50 of 25 mg and 12.5 mg. I have been taking 12.5 mg of Naltrexone for the past 3 weeks. I have felt no increase in cravings and have had no increase in units, in fact, I think they are still going down. And!, no more hangovers!

There's nothing more to say, really, the numbers speak for themselves.

Nal on!

Curi

Numbers to date:

50 mg Naltrexone

1 - 24-30 Jun - 1 5 0 0 0 3 3 = 12
2 - 01-07 Jul - 0 0 0 0 4 8 4 = 16
3 - 08-14 Jul - 6 8 0 5 0 0 0 = 19
4 - 15-21 Jul - 8 0 0 6 8 0 2 = 24

25 mg Naltrexone

5 - 22-28 Jul - 3 3 4 6 6 0 6 = 28
6 - 29-04 Aug - 4 3 3 0 3 1 3 = 17
7 - 05-11 Aug - 3 3 3 3 3 0 3 = 18
8 - 12-18 Aug - 6 0 3 0 4 0 2 = 15

09 - 19-25 Aug - 4 3 0 0 3 3 0 = 13
10 - 26-01 Sep - 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 = 10
11 - 02-08 Sep - 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 = 7
12 - 10-15 Sep - 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 = 8

25 mg or 12.5 mg Naltrexone (days I took 12.5 are underlined)

13 - 16-22 Sep - 0400030= 7
14 - 23-29 Sep - 0200033= 8
15 - 30-06 Oct - 3000030= 6
16 - 07-13 Oct - 2000130= 6

17 - 14-20 Oct - 2400400=10
18 - 21-27 Oct - 2002020=6
12.5 mg
19 - 28-03 Nov - 0500010=6
20 - 04-10 Nov - 0000122=5

21 - 11-17 Nov - 2010010=4
22 -

Hi Curi,

Congrats on your fantastic progress. It seems to me that you could declare that you are cured at any time now. Your units are well within the norm. You must be one of those lucky text book cases.

Have a great ThanksGiving.

Best,

Hi Curi,

Your numbers do indeed speak for themselves - amazing. I wonder if you'll be the first person on this forum to lower your dosage to 6.25 mg and still have success (maybe you could just lick the Nal tablet). Keep up the great work, and congrats on eliminating the hangovers.

Enjoy the holiday!

-H

That's funny, Hester.

I forgot to say that I love, love! LOVE! TSM

Curi...why even lick it? Maybe a good "sniff" would suffice...& wow! what a cost saving measure that would be.

BTW, your stats are GORGEOUS...I love all those AF days, but then it looks like once in a while, you still enjoy a little "toot"...you are my hero! Keep showing us the way.

Chrissie

Yep, you're edging on hero territory An inspiration for us all.

Hey Curi -- Great stuff! You are cooking!

Congratulations Curi

I'm envious! Seriously, your progress is outstanding. Well done.

Cheers
Sticky

Hi everyone and Happy New Year!

My wish for this year is that every single person who has ever struggled with alcohol, experiences what I have with TSM!

I'm sorry for not posting in so long, life seems to have taken over .

I still have nothing but good to say. Despite drinking every day over the Christmas period, I never had more than 3 dl of wine (there are 7.5 dl in a bottle) in a sitting and while I throughly enjoyed every glass, I never felt like having more, like eating a nice meal, I always came to the point when I was "full" -I'd had enough, I had no desire to drink more. Even after 7 months, I still relish that feeling of Enough!

My morale and general state of mental health has improved immensely, I think this is due to the fact that I now know that my addiction was purely bio-chemical, and not a moral failing or lack of willpower, as I had believed. This knowledge has taken a huge weight off my shoulders! I don't feel guilty and ashamed anymore, I feel "normal" (even though I can't define what normal is) and as a normal person, I don't feel the need to scrutinise my personality and relationships and childhood to find out where I went wrong, because I now know that I didn't go wrong, just as someone who needs glasses doesn't go wrong, it just is. That's not to say that I now consider myself a perfect person, I don't and I'm not! But I don't consider myself worse than the general population anymore, I know I have my faults like everyone else.

I hope to live to see the day when psychologically damaging institutions like AA and their ilk are banished and addiction and other compulsive behaviours are treated solely with medication, education and cognitive intervention. Telling people that they are addicted for life and that things will only get worse if they drink, is counter productive, that make us live in fear and guilt and shame, it's disabling. We have the ability to take control of our addiction, all we need is a little chemical help and knowledge! We should be enabling addicts to take control, we should be teaching them that they can take control, not that they can't. AA&Co. are sending out, not only a wrong message, but a destructive one!

To everyone here who is struggling, take heart! You can and will take control of your drinking, believe it and it will happen!

Curi.

What a great report, Curi. I was wondering about you yesterday. I'm so glad to see you reaching your goal! Please check back and let us know how you are.