Well, I decided it was time to go for an AF day. It has been while. I was worried about withdrawal and/or not being able to sleep. I stumbled across this vitamin regiment for alcoholics. When I went to rehab, they gave me vitamin B1 the first couple of days, so I thought I'd give it a go and I read somewhere on this Site that it worked for someone else. http://www.doctoryourself.com/alcoholism.html

I've taken the vitamins for a week now and I do feel good. The best news is that I had an AF day on Wednesday with no problems. I didn't sleep great, but that was the worst of it. I got through the next day until the late evening without drinking before giving in. Truthfully, I wasn't really gripping the second night and with a little effort, I could have done 2.

I have absolutely no doubt that my brain has been positively changed close to, "normal". And to answer Lou's last post on my thread, even if this is the best it gets, it's miles better than before.

I also went to a wedding with my family on Saturday night, and to me, this is one of the greatest gifts of NAL. I drank, had wine, made toasts, and frankly, probably had more than I should have. But I was in total control. I chose to avoid vodka and stayed mainly to lite beer. I would pause for a while, turn down drinks and have some water to pace myself. I wasn't fighting my inner beast to avoid spiraling out if control. My wife wanted to leave a bit early, and I know it was because she was worried about my past exploits. But she admitted that I was fine, had not embarrassed her at all.

So it is all good news.

I should add that I am exercising every day, losing a little weight. I am off on a month long vacation starting Wednesday. The plan is to go to the lite beer and force some will on my bad habit.

In reading everything else on this Site, I do want to state for the record, that during this process, I have not drank without NAL ever on purpose. I did once, by accident. I thought I had taken it, and then saw the pill on my counter the next morning. Not to judge anyone, but I do think that you MUST commit to taking NAL every single time you drink, or don't bother with this method.

I hope my thread has offered hope to others. The Problem is now within my power to fix. I am not, 'powerless' to alcohol like I once was. It is up to me, now.

I hope everyone is well.

So glad to hear of your success Have a wonderful vacation - you will now that YOU are in charge eh?

Hey JDog,
I'm doing the vitamin regime too - I was out of town last week and forgot all of them and I really noticed a difference. My cravings were up and I had a hard time pulling off an AF. Back on them this week for sure! Keep at it, the mental fog was lifted off me in about two weeks.

I'm on vacation - 3weeks. Used to be a disaster. Not cured yet either, but can totally relate to having a life again. I exercise every day, often wait until very late to start drinking - a difficult thing to do at the beach pre-Nal.

My wife got mad at me for drinking on about the second day at the beach. It was all just a dread that I would be just like the pre-Nal drinker that I was. Two weeks later, she couldn't be nicer to me.

Things have been so much better. My wife is starting to trust me again and I think she is allowing herself to become close with me again.

Not cured, but better in every way.

To put this in perspective, two years ago, I was just coming out of a voluntary 28 day rehab. Thank you NAL. All the best to everyone.

Hey Dog! You are doing great... I remember your first vacation that you shared - compared to that time in Florida you are in a fantastic place! Well done my friend, Andy

JDog, I'm just in awe of your 16,000+ views(!) You seriously are inspiring a lot of people out there!---and I'm one of them.

Thanks for your posts.

Good work, JDog, keep it up. You are an inspiration to us all.

Most of those 16 + thousand views, folks, are because "The Sinclair Method" is written into the subject line. Google feeds off of it.

Cheers.

Hello All,

I have not been a good TSM.net member. I need to get on here more often. Actually, the fact that I am not thinking of this Board everyday is an indication that Alcohol is not ruining my life anymore. But I know that I need to come on here more often to help save others.

Bottom line...still on TSM....still drinking...life still getting better every day.

Same issues in my life. I feel like I should just make a stand and not drink, but for some reason I haven't.

The problem right now is that I am doing great at work, my wife is happier and happier every day, I am losing weight ... but it is still hard for me to make a stand against the booze and try to quit altogether.

MY LIFE IS A MILLION TIMES BETTER...although i am still drinking almost every day.

I can wait until late before I start drinking. Never before TSM.

I went to a wedding where my wife drank, and I stayed in control and drove home. Never before TSM. The fact that she had a few glasses of wine in my presence and knew that I could stay fine and drive her home demonstrates how far I have come.

My wife trusted me to pick my daughter up at work at 11:30pm yesterday and went to bed. I picked my daughter up sobre....Never before TSM. My wife used to worry every time she went out with her friends for even a couple of hours. The problem is that i still feel the need to drink before bed. It is definitely a habit and not a compulsion. It is a choice, not a compulsion.

If you have read my whole story then you will appreciate that I checked myself in to rehab pre-TSM, I couldn't manage my life pre-TSM, I was ready to die Pre-TSM.

I consider the fact that I continue to drink daily to be my own personal weakness, of my own choice. It is not an uncontrollable compulsion anymore.

The vitamin regimen that i mentioned a few posts ago is a huge help if you are trying to quit.

I have never drank without NAL. Without this drug, I am certain that I would have lost my family and my job, and would probably be dead. If you can get a prescription to this medication that you can count on being there for the long run, do it. I have a very high profile job in education, and I am sure that noone suspects that alcohol is an issue for me.

I am able to be social with friends, have a couple of beers watching a game...I have my life back.

If I was a stronger person, I would be on the Cured List, I am sure.

If you can read my story and it relates to you...do TSM. It really is the cure.

Thanks again for stopping in JDog....

I can relate to how great Nal is, even before it enables us to quit....it does help us to put on the brakes, to drink responsibly, to quit before we've had too much. My drinking is down only about 30%, but like you my quality of life is up 100%, just with the small reduction. If that is ALL that Nal does for me....it's still a miracle, because it has given me my life back. It has stopped my drinking from getting any worse. It has prevented what was to eventually be a total crash and suicidal destruction of my life.

I really hope to be free of the alcohol....I'm waiting for that....but like your experience....at least to date it has arrested the sordid decline, arrested and reversed it so that every day, in every way, my life, like yours, is getting better and better!

Thank you so much for sharing!!! Take care.

J-Dog, that is a wonderful, moving account and I appreciate your sharing the specific improvements. Even well before we reach our ultimate goal w/ TSM, many of us find our lives SO improved! I, too, feel my life has been given back to me and am so fortunate to have found this solution.

Was your original goal abstinence, and is it now? Or are you hoping to continue drinking moderately, w/ perhaps more AF days? Either way, it all is working well for you !