My brother who started TSM about 6 months ago has suddenly stopped drinking alcohol about 2 days ago. He has developed withdrawal symptoms as a result. I told him to drink, but he's finding that very difficult to do. He is on vacation with his wife in Bali Indonesia, and he's not too familiar with medical options there or doctors who can advise him.

Has anyone here developed withdrawal symptoms as a consequence of TSM suddenly going into effect and cant drink to mitigate it?

Withdrawal symptoms from stopping alcohol suddenly after a prolonged period can be very serious, but if he would just take a vodka cocktail he would be ok. You can't taste vodka in a fruit cocktail.

Yeah he knows about the seriousness of WD, he's been thru it many times. He's OK now, got an email from him saying he forced himself to drink and is feeling better. His wife is pretty happy that TSM seems to be working for him now.

Hey Mimir --

One of the benefits of TSM is that you can still drink your way (at a progressively reduced level) through the withdrawals. If I might ask, how long has your brother been drinking heavily and do you know how many he was having a week, approximately? We are trying to collect this information to offer guidance on time frames for other members so anything you can come up with would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Yes, thats what I thought as well and still think so. But seems within the last 3 days he completely lost all cravings and perhaps 'forgot' his physical dependence to it. Until his WD symptoms appeared that is. I realize there may be swings in cravings, so I know that he's not going lose all desire to drink forevermore.


He's been drinking for about 22 years, dont know how much in units, but pre-TSM it was perhaps a 1/3 of a bottle a day. On weekends more.

I would like him to participate here with you all, but he typically has little interest in online discussions on any topic, even TSM. I send him links to posts and threads from here and he has been encouraged by other peoples experiences and this perhaps gave him hope to push through with TSM. Now it seems he's seeing results.