congrats from a newbie on tsm! Who would think that months would seem so long to get to freedom but you stuck it out and didn't give up, so I'll remember that as I head down my own journey.

please stay in touch, we need all of you who have gotten to the finish line.

Congrats Elfern! That is very encouraging.

At week 21, I was just starting to get impatient. But your good news and the subtle hints I'm starting to feel when I'm drinking, renew my optimism.

And I also had that same thought about how ironic it would be to be cured and then deal with liver problems. Glad to see your enzymes are responding so quickly. Again, very encouraging.

I have to see my doctor next week and was hoping to have better news for myself, but your story and those of the others who've been recently cured will give me fresh ammo to counter the skepticism I'm assuming I'll hear from him.

Onward to week 22!

Elf, all I can say is you are a real sweetheart! Thank you for noticing, sometimes I feel invisable, lol

Wonderful news, Elfern! Congratulations & very happy for you! :-)

Congrats! I am happy for you as well. I gave up last year at week 10 but reading all the success stories such as yours got me inspried to get my Nal prescription refilled the other day. I am going to last all 4 months of my prescription or longer if I have to.

Hello Everyone and kind poster JHP

I feel pretty patheic about not having posted here . My life has taken some very very
hectic turns and its probably because of tsm - or more precisely because of tsm
that I 've been in coping mode and full of energy .
Just around a year ago I was at my wits end and used to whiteknuckle weeks out doing a mini
detow sun/ Mon and a few stress pills to get through a very tense week . When I drank
I'd binge and spend days lying in bed have a couple of drinks to calm down and try and get right for monday . I felt so so desperate . I'd done AA intermittantly and not felt good there
and taken Rational Recovery which I found very inspiring ..... until I cracked and drank .

Now things are so much different . I actually have a situation which is not that attractive
with my daughter psychiatrically ill for three years ( better at the mo but that's after a bad spell) .

despite heavy situations i've undergone a minor renaissance .. cheifly meaning i feel positive about people and life and involve myself in things whereas I shy'daway before . I find myself
leading a small rebellion iin an employee/ employer struggle which seemed to just get swept along in as main co ordinator it's getting quite heated will either reach a settlement or harden .
Oh it's exciting but very worrying .
I quit involvement in theatre for ten years largely as drinking just burnt me out now I'm
in rehearshal for a second play since starting tsm .
Surely this can't all be down to tsm ? Well actually I think it is very largely , I mean
I still drink and take few days off , it seems for some reason important to drink , I supose
its very die hard after decades .Yet, it never gives me problems or hangovers ,, normally
3/4 glasses of wine a night but no rushing , guzzling , panicking feelings . Generally good news
But why do I drink ? And why do so many of us rarely go more than five days .
Could it be that Sinclair found a great thing in Naltrexone but actually got it wrong about extinction . I mean does anyone here really feel extinguished ( or is it extinct ?)
Does the alcohol deprivation effect still hold sway over us ?
God bless you all . All the best with tsm .