Great to hear from you buddy. Keep posting from time to time. You are truly an inspiration.

My best,

Nick

Nick

I hope you are doing well my friend. I am going to make more of an effort to post more just to keep help spreading the word. I didn't intentionally fall of the face of the earth...it's weird when you truly don't think much about alcohol...you don't think about any of it. I swear it's a shame this drug and method isn't plastered all over the media...it could save so many people's lives and those around them.

Hi great hearing from you, it was actually your progress that convinced me to go for tsm and I will be forever gratefull.

I fully understand how when alcohol is no longer an issue in life that life takes over and we forget about it but its people like you and me that has to plaster this all over the media. We here are the only people as far as I can see who can really do this. Only this morning someone posted here that when he went to get his nal there was only 5 tabs to be got in one town. That alone tells us how little this drug is known or being used by the meical profession.

I dont know if there is anyway that we can change this but I think we need to at least keep trying

Funny thing happened a few days ago. I got a friend request from someone on facebook and I was like who and the hell is this? It turned out I eventually remembered this person from a cruise I was on like 7 years ago. I was hanging out with this person and a whole group of people on the ship and they were all like "Damn you drink like a fish". I just thought..lightweight 20 something year olds that cant hang. I had no embarrassing moments, never made an ass of myself always laughed and joked and had a great time. However I drank from the time I got up till the last bar on the ship closed at 3 or 4 am for 2 weeks. I had zero clue I had any issue with booze then...life was good. There would have been no way in hell I would have even dreamed of quitting then..none. But I also had zero clue of the hell alcohol would bring later.

The first thing this person said to me was damn I am shocked your still living, are you still drinking? I was like nope dont really drink anymore. They were like damn did you go to rehab? AA? Find god or something? I was like nope just walked away...LOL..they were shocked and kept probing..if they were looking for help I would have suggested TSM but they were more in shock that I could just walk away...lol without tsm there would have been no way. I just kept thinking damn if you thought I was drinking 7 years ago you should have seen me the last 3 years.

It was nice to get that friend request and e-mail and be able to be here to respond and to be able to honestly say nope I don't get drunk anymore. Then it got me thinking would I actually enjoy a cruise without being rocketed the entire time? I have been on a lot of cruises and they were always partyfest central for me. I figure I would still like them just pop my nal if I wanted a drink. I would venture to guess I would not be flat out drunk for my time on the ship as I have ZERO desire to get drunk. At this point I am way back into all my old hobbies hard - guitar fishing water skiing (just dumped the mastercraft in the water), my dog, woodworking, fly-tying and the list goes on and on. I have always had an obbsessive addictive personality. If I like something I do it alot. I come full circle meaning I am now back to work hard and play harder..this time without the occasional booze soaked weekends that nearly destroyed me.

It actually took effort on my part to start living again. I forced myself back work at full capacity and then some. For as weird as it sounds I had to schedule my fun/play and actually force myself to do them. LOL I actually wrote them down as to where and when. I forced myself to call and hang out with friends again. After a month or so it all started clicking and i am well on my way if not where I want to be as far as being content and generally happy.

TSM took care of the booze and put it in it's place. It broke the chains holding me in the pits of hell. Then I just kicked my self in the ass and literally FORCED myself to do things that I used to take for granted that made me happy. The thing I am greatful for is I had these habits and hobbies and habits prior to booze so when booze was removed I had something to force myself into meaning I was pretty clear on who I am and what I wanted and with the booze fog gone it was pretty clear to me what do next...lol it meant I had to get off my lazy ass and make things happen one more time. No more time for whinning and bitching...TSM gave me the power to act.

Not drunk and now not smoking what more can I ask for?

It is SO good to read a post like this from someone who is on the brighter end of this process. It seems like a long, dark journey to me right now, wondering if my husband will get there. Reading about your success (and everyone else's) is kind of like hope therapy.

thank you for sharing this!!!!!!!! I am starting to understand why cured people stop loggin in as often. they just don't think about alcohol anymore. hard to imagine when in traditional treatments the sober person still obsesses about being an alcoholic every day and makes a lifestyle out of it.

Joe

It's weird and I never saw it coming...once the booze was gone under control and plays little role in my life and I started picking the peices up...I literally don't think much about it. I can't beleive I am going to type this, I have hard time beleiving I came 180...I don't have the time to devote to alcohol like in the past. It was not a concience thought process it was something that just happened..part of the re-wire I beleive.

Like you, I had my AA experience from like 15 to 23 ish or so...MAN it's nice not to talk about booze everyday of my life. I know they say they don't and they talk about living but all one has to do is attend a few meetings or read soberrecovery...thats all they talk about. It seems very negative and conterproductive to dwell on the past...especially if it was negative. Me I choose to look at things like ok...that was a bad dark period in my life, I got myself help, time to move on to the next chapter.

I congratulate you. My envy, because I wish I could already be there. I have the urge to take nal every day and drink every day, to speed it up. I know there are threads stating how absurd that idea is, but my fantasy. Again cangratulations!

Love you, Crown! Just an awesome success story. Wish it could be that way for all of us. LOVE your posts :-)

Fred

Be patient. I took the attitude I am going where the pill takes me and when it takes there. I had nothing to lose in my mind. It works that's for sure. It happened fast for me like AJ. Luck we were. Most it takes 6 months to a year so be patient an enjoy each mild victory I hope you are experencing like cut tolerance or greater control when drinking.

Good luck with your fight