Thanks, tambo.

I have noticed in my first few days that since I have stopped getting the initial 'buzz' from drinking a beer, it seems to really be having a sedative effect on me. Yesterday I drank three beers in the early afternoon, fell asleep until about 7pm, and then walked around like a Zombie for couple of hours after that. I ended up not having beer for the rest of the day because of that.

Hey Lucky,

I hearing a lot of the same that I have experienced. i hope this bodes well for both of us.

Keep going, and keep us posted!

pacificman

Thanks, pacificman.

It looks like both of us are responding to the medication.

Hi Lucky Star,

That same thing happened to me in the first few weeks. I think my numbers went down at first just because I fell asleep. I think the fact that you are responding to the medication is a good sign!

YG

Week one is now complete. I had no alcohol free days, probably because I started the week by buying a case of beer, but I managed to only consume 49.9 UK units, which is a decent drop from 140 UK units.

I have found it fairly easy to stick to having several beers a day, when I could easily have ploughed through the whole case I had bought. I also went out to the shop (once I had finished the case), to buy some more beer, but once I got there I decided to just buy some chocolate instead. That usually wouldn't happen.

As far as side effects go, I felt really sleepy for the first three days, but that now seems to have cleared up. The only other thing is that I have noticed a significant decrease in my sex drive. Weird.

Week 2 then...

amazing drop in AL consumption! I've also had weird cravings for chocolate this week. Tonight I bought bag of m&ms while driving through the night (6 hrs to a work training), but i forgot I'd bought them and now I'm in hotel room and the cravings are gone. congrats on a great week on TSM

Thanks, Jude. It's funny that you should mention m&ms - that was the chocolate I wanted to buy, but they only had 'Minstrels'.

One thing I didn't mention is that yesterday I drank six beers, but every other day I was happy with drinking three or four. Also, today I feel a stronger desire for beer than I did all of last week. I suppose all I can do is take the Nal and hope for the best.

Yep. Take that Nal. Never miss it. Estinction is the name of the game. Sounds like you're doing well

Well, week 2 felt like a total disaster compared to week 1. It felt like the initial side effects had worn off and I had found a stronger appetite for beer. I am glad I actually added up the units though, because while 90.75 units is a big increase from week 1, it is still significantly less than the 140 units I was consuming before TSM.

Up and down, to be expected. Just keep doing what your doing.