First question, do people really care about profanity on here? I'm not talking about name calling to a board member (every seems damn nice so far....whoops). But it would feel good to vent without restraining myself. I will until I get your feedback.

If you don't have time, please skip to the very important questions at the end.

So check out my signature. It's hard for me to piece any kind of timeline together really, but though far above the "recommended" healthy amounts which seem so ridiculous right now, I was being VERY good relatively speaking. I don't remember what happened. But it was your typical trainwreck. I mean, no REAL disasters but it sucks pretty bad when your parents have to drive 45 miles every day to take your son back and forth to school because they know you are completely incapable of doing a decent job of taking care of him. You know they're worried about you killing yourself, whether liver, accident, whatever. I am 34 by the way. Watching your mom cry while you sit on the floor smoking cigarettes with one eye closed, which you NEVER smoke inside in your right mind because its disgusting. Smoking period, is to me personally - when I can maintain, I am a total gym rat. I've quit so many times, and then the benbder comes, and it's time to chainsmoke. SO FRUSTRATING!

OK, so the next part of the story involves the questions. The good thing is, I got my nal quicker than expected from India. So I started it yesterday. I took 25mg at 9a, drank half a beer at 1030ish, half one at 12 and one around 2:30 by a pretty powerful act of will since I wanted to receive my son back and stop putting my parents through hell. That worked. Took another 25mg around 2p, which leads me to:

I read on here that max effectiveness is 6-8 hours for the med. That's why I reupped in the afternoon. This morning I too 50mg around 11am because I was so withdrawal-ridden with anxiety that I was afraid I'd sneak off to the bar for a min. Fortunately, toughed it out. Of course I am sipping a beer now as soon as I am home, but that's beside the point.

If you're so bad you're drinking in the morning, another does IS necessary, right? And how do you time it? An hour before the 6-8 hour mentioned above.

Another problem I had last night (not the first time), since I of course can't sleep worth SHIZ, is that I woke up at like 3am and pounded a beer in the middle of the night, fortunately just one and was able to get a couple more hours after that. Now THAT'S a hard problem to solve if you're not still "covered" by the drug.

So I suppose it boils down to timing and effective taking of the medication. I just wrote a book here , but would love to hear your thoughts.

Hi there!
So I don't think anyone cares about profanity, but I do think the system automatically "bleeps" out profanity with little stars. so swear away as far as I'm concerned.
For your dosage questions...I'm really not sure, as I'm only a nighttime binge drinker. I think that taking multiple doses is a good idea, especially if you're not having any negative side effects from the nal. I'd say every 8 hours is about right. But more than twice a day also seems excessive, so I wouldn't take one in the middle of the night or anything...
Hopefully the nal kicks in soon and gives you at least a little bit of immediate relief.
EL

Thanks for the reply, those answers sound reasonable.

I feel a little less urgy so far this morning, so hopefully I can get down to needing only one dose per day VERY quickly, for multiple reasons.

I've been in a slight funk the past day or two and I'm wondering if it's because my brain is constantly being starved of endorphins from any activity (from taking it constantly).

I found if I took Nal and drank several days in a row, including several doses a day because I'd drank lunchtime and evening, that yes it would catch up on me. This spurred me on to actually NOT drink continuously, does take approx 48 hours to clear completely but the upregulation afterwards is great especially if you combine it with an endorphin releasing activity such as exercise!