It seems like units I'm drinking are going up slightly compared to last week. I must say though, I survived a weekend vIsit from my step dad (severe alcoholic and terribly abusive to my mom). He drank 1/2 gallon of gut rot whiskey in two nights, passed out on the couch then stumbled off to bed. I resisted the urge for another drink after realizing his top dentures AND a piece of bridge work had fallen from his mouth, onto my couch and floor it was further confirmation that I will continue TSM no matter what and I will not repeat the vicious cycle of alcoholism in my family..... I've really got to work on the part abOut being patient and letting Nal do it's thing in my brain

Completed week three and units are creeping up there closer to pre nal units

LostDuck,

Patience is a huge part of the TSM process, I just posted a long overdue update to my progress thread. I am nearing my one year anniversary on TSM. My units are down form Pre-TSM levels but still far from where I need to be to be considered to be at healthy levels. Even so there have been numerous improvements that I have realized thus far in my TSM journey.

Keep up the good fight and stay in it for the long haul.

Diver

Thanks Diver for the much needed encouragement. I read through your progress and I see it's been quite the journey! Congratulations on your progress it's encouraging to see. I really need to work on being patient.....clearly, TSM does work, I just need to give it some time. I suppose I'm feeling extra shitty today after the two bottles of wine last night and one hell of a hangover today!!!! Somebody on this forum warned me about the nal hangover and they were right! It's a doozie

Friday night I guesstimate my units at about 8u of vodka (I don't remember a whole lot of the evening) and it may have been less but since I drank my dinner that night, woke up with a Terrible hangover, spent the day in bed (played it off as the stomach flu rather than the bottle flu it really was). Anyways, I ws able to remain af on Saturday I didn't feel like drinking even though I felt better late afternoon/ evening. I didn't feel an urge or craving and decided just to enjoy the evening watching tv and managed a good nights rest!!!! This feels like progress to me and its a great feeling!! It's been years since I've had a day without alcohol.

Since Friday was my last Nal dose, is today the day I should take on exercise or something pleasurable for that endorphin reputable effect or whatever that's called?

It seems I can tolerate more units of wine than hard alcohol now. I've read others have experienced the same. I think I will try to stick with wine or beer from nal On

LD, congrats. on the AFday! Thats a biggie for a daily drinker, I would know . It CAN be done, and after a time, they will accumulate.

Im glad I have continued to track units otherwise It would feel like a big waste of time taking the nal. However, Iam able to see that my overall consumption is down from pre nal units and I am optomistic I will eventually feel in control of my drinking like many others have experienced. It's frustrating to continue to drink 2 bottles of wine several times this past week, but I am taking nal one hour prior to drinking, no longer any side effects so it can't hurt my consumption and hope someday I will be able to add my name to he cured list.

Cheers....to a week with fewer units consumed!

I have a vacation planned to Mexico next month that includes an all inclusive food and drink plan at the hotel. Often, drinking begins early afternoon and continues throughout te day and into he evening. Any suggestions on taking my nal in a way to keep me covered the entire time I drink? Should I take one hour before drinking then again later in the day or will the one tablet be enough?

Hi LD,

A long day of drinking can be unpredictable on Nal. You should definitely take a dose an hour before you begin day-drinking, and you should at least consider taking a second dose later in the evening to keep you covered. Personally, I have trouble double-dosing because it makes me nauseous and turns me into a zombie. Hopefully others that are more familiar/successful with double-dosing will chime in.

Regardless, that sounds like an awesome vacation!

-H

I haven't posted my progress in a while.....looking back at units, I've decreased my units over the months! I am a week into month 6 and religiously taking Nal one hour before drinking. I have been chewing the dose for the past few months after reading some concerns about Rivers Nodict (I seem to feel a difference). I have also been taking 25mg as the 50mg makes me feel a huge sense of melancholy like I've lost pleasure in everything. I really felt I was losing myself. In fact, this past week I dropped to 12.5 and feel WAY better! I may have to go back to he 25 though as my units also seemed to increase. It's been good feeling "normal" and reassuring that it was the medication causing this effect and it does go away on a lower dose. Overall, I feel TSM is working as I broke my units down over the months and can see the average units have dropped each month.