Hi Providence,

Remember what you wrote that day? Stay convinced!! We all have rough spots, but we're also all here to help each other through those tough times.

Please stay with us - I'm hoping you'll be there when I need some talking through those bumps in the road. We're all depending on each other here

Sometimes you just have to put your shoulder down and muscle through those bad times. Don't let all of your hard work so far be in vain: others in need will take example from what we do here now. Anything you need to talk through - your friends here will be here for you. This is all of our chance to beat this thing once and for all!

Tomorrow is a new day. Let's hope it finds us ready to dust ourselves off and face this beast head to head. Any problem can be solved with the right tools and the will to do it. TSM gives us the tools, but the resolve to "keep on keepin' on" is up to us!

You're not alone. Someday someone may follow your example to a better life. Imagine if that person gave up and fell back into despair when the solution was at hand. This is your chance to lead by example and show someone that we can make it through the dark times and come out on the other side.

Whatever is wrong, you can talk to your friends here about it. We're here to help each other through this. There probably isn't a one on us who doesn't doubt from time to time whether we can really make that life change and become the people we were meant to be. That seed of doubt grows into a monster: a story we tell ourselves about how we can never really escape the cage that has been built for us by our own misgivings.

But we can escape. It's really pretty easy: one pill one hour before we drink. The rest, I think can be simply too much speculation. Those people who have two, three or seven months into this thing have shown us that there is hope waiting for us. And if we can just stick it out, sometime in the not-to-distant future we will be the ones providing hope for the newcomers.

Stay with us, Providence.

Hope to you,

Fire

All,

Thanks for all your words of encouragement. I think I'm better this morning, just a rough day dealing with things and hoping to not drink or at least not as much.

I did take my Nal which meant I knew I was going to drink. Of course the headache set in, I couldn't eat and but I did drink slower but even though it tasted like fingernail polish I continued to drink it. Then came the second bottle and the 3rd.. Yep 3 bottles of wine in 8 hours.

Funny thing is that my house is spotless, that never happened before when I was drinking.

Firebird - I will stay in this because your right, I know this is going to work for me. I just getting tired of fighting it all the time. I'm waiting for that moment when I can walk away and be free from this beast. I know it will come.

Providence,

Trust me - there WILL be days when you totally "blow" it. You might even drink more than you used to! I've had several of those days. The first few can really hit you hard, especially when you've started to see some progress. It's like "what the Hell happened, and what if this really WON'T work for me?" I learned that those crazy spikes are to be expected, but they will become fewer and farther between over time. Everybody's different, and regardless of how or when it happens, TSM will work out the kinks!

ART,

You'll get through this, and better days are coming. Focus on the statement you made here about doing much better. That shows REAL progress! Depression is an evil thing, and I struggle with it every day. I always numbed myself with alcohol, but it actually makes it worse. Vicious cycle, and it will take some time to break it. Give youself credit for how far you've come, and remember it might take up to 6 months - you're not even close to that. Just have faith, and remember you're not alone!

Art,

I don't have a choice really. I've been to rehab, AA, SMART, I've white knunckled it and beg for help. I only go back to the beast. The sad thing is I've only been drinking this much for a little over a year. Before that I could take it or leave and I mostly left it. I have a strong personality so I am so disappointed in myself sometimes that I can't beat it.

So, I can choose to drink with NAL or without. Without didn't work. So what do I have to lose. I'm going to still drink.

I figure what the hell, I might as continue on my journey.

Stay up and like I have to do, forgive yourself for drinking because if we are right and we believe Sinclair it's the only way we will be cured. (trust me I have to remind myself of that all the time). We have just been told for so long that those who can't stop completely are uncurable.

I will not believe that yet. Someone will cross the finish line in the next 6 or so months, think about it we could be the next case study and then the whole world will believe it works.

Why? There is nothing to lose. If it works, it works.

If it doesn't work after 5 months, then do something else.

I have tried virtually EVERYTHING. I am on TSM now and I will try it until it works or fails. Regardless, I will NOT give up EVER. But there seems to be no logic in starting something and then not finishing it because you think it will not work. Personally I could never live with the knowledge that I didn't actually complete a treatment. I would never truly know if it would have worked or not. I don't see how anyone could live with themselves knowing they quit a method that could have worked.

Don't get me wrong. I have my doubts at times. But I will try this method for the suggested period of time and then I will KNOW. It will work or it will not. And I will have had the fortitude and satisfaction in experiencing for myself the Sinclair Method, whether it works or not.

BTW, Personally I do see hints and glimpses of it's efficacy. These experiences give me hope. You probably will experience them too as you approach the half way point. We humans are emotional beings and need occasional pats-on-the-back in the way of personal experience or the experiences of others.

I hope this helps.

Bob

Reality, I am feeling as you are at the moment! Let's hope there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Bob, I am happy you are feeling so good but I do remember you saying that you are never quite down. Lucky you, I think!

I ,of course, am on board with what the others are saying. I find it so easy to take my medicine and just keep it up. I am sorry but I guess I come from a place where I have seen real benefits from it. I don't want to see someone give up. It makes me sad. It is true that it works for 80% of people so I can only hope you are not in the 20%. I don't think I am in the 20% that's for sure. I hope your not either! Best wishes your way!