Had a small uptick in units this week, but I am still pleased with the results so far. Finished the week with 47 units and 1 AF. I decided to go AF last night due to a heavy drinking weekend. I also felt like I needed a day off the meds. All last week after I took a Nal I got irritated and cranky after drinking a few beers. The AF night went great! Craving hovered around 3-4 out of 10, and no crankiness. Gonna try again tonight.

I think I picked a horrible time of the year to start TSM. My summers are all about binge drinking on the weekends. I still ended up with 47 units and 3 AF this past week. I said in another post that this week was the first time this century that I have strung 3 sober days together. The AF's have come almost effortlessly, and almost required. I've found if I drink a few beers on Nal I get really cranky and just want to be left alone. No Nal and no alcohol, or Nal and 10 units, anything in between just irritates me.

Another thing I have noticed is that I am eating a lot more now. I'm not gaining any weight though. I guess those 6000 calories that I am not drinking have to come from somewhere.

43 units this week. On July 4th weekend last year I would have tripled that easily.

I think you picked the PERFECT time to start TSM. During your peak trigger season. after all, we are supposed to drink through our triggers on NAL! Looks like you've already cut back tremendously. keep it up

46 units this week. I guess I'm stuck on this plateau. I can't really complain, I'm drinking less than 50% of what I used to.

Week 10, 55 units, and 1 AF.

I've been studying a lot of your diaries and see that several of you have a "bump" around week 8-10. For some reason, I added an extra night of drinking this past week. I think I am going to cut back to 25mg for my weekday drinking sessions. A full tab makes me irritated and I end up drinking more to get back into happy territory. I can easily pull 1-3 AF nights in a row, but make up for it my first night back drinking. I think I am going to give up on AF for now, and choke down a few beers each night.

A 50% reduction is a major victory. Just think of how much less damage you're doing to your body. You're actually doing very well.

Week 11, 66 units, 0 AF

That was a bad idea. I feel like crap from taking Nal every day, and my units went up. This coming up week I'll go back to pulling some AF's. The whole reason I stopped AF's was to lower my units on my first non-AF day. That didn't go as planned.

I have one more "normal" week, then I go on vacation at an all-inclusive resort. I have no idea how I will count units that week. I doubt I will be able to count my fingers by lunchtime most days. I will probably go up to 75-100mg that week. Even at my drunkest I rarely forget to take my meds, so I should be ok sticking with the method.

I had a couple of days like that last week and have been thinking about the same thing - how to keep track when I'm on the blotto side. Maybe something like this would work:
http://www.amazon.com/GOGO-Counter-Hand ... B001KX1VW2

Cool little gadget - Just like the little pill containers, I love stuff that makes TSM life easier. Now...............if you can only remember to click it!!