Well I'm into my third week on TSM and thought I'd get my progress thread going. Not going to get to deep into my story but I'm 36 and have been drinking since about 16. I'm a binge drinker but the last few years have been drinking most nights. I don't usually drink during the day unless I've been drinking heavy the night before and it turns into a session. My units are sporadic at best so I'm go going for a ball park figure of 50+ UK units per week.

Well, I've been pretty chuffed with my progress so far. What I've noticed mostly is after about 3 beers it really becomes a struggle and I've finished off most nights with a full open can gong to waste. I've tried to push myself on a few nights but I just couldn't be bothered. I'd open the first beer with all the intentions of going for it but after the second the notion is warring off fast. I know this is a honeymoon period but I feel really optimistic.

Here are my first 2 weeks...

Week 1... AF 9.0 9.0 7.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 (42)
Week 2... AF 7.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 AF 5.0 (31)

http://www.cleavebooks.co.uk/scol/ccalcoh3.htm

As you can see its been pretty smooth sailing. On a bad week it might be 20+ units per day, with drinking the next day or two like that also. The big test will be if I do decide and succeed
in pushing it through the barrier but only time will tell. I'm really excited and wish I'd started sooner as I've been aware of this for 2-3 years now.

Anyway best of luck to everyone. I'll be updating each week.

Cheers.
Thomas

Hi Thomas and welcome. Terrific that you are responding so well to TSM, long may it continue!

Good luck.

curi

Thanks for the support CuriousOne. Thinks are going great.

3rd week nearly over. Going to update tonight.

Cheers.

Can totally relate to the 3 beer limit....struggling to finish 4. I'll be at 3 weeks on Tuesday...projecting about 60 units.

So we are waiting for your update!?

Take care.

Cheers people, I appreciate the kind words

Anyway... Third week over and things are going good. I thought yesterday might be a bit of a trigger as the golf was on and I had started drinking at around 5pm knowing I was staying with it until the finish which was 12ish. I had 5 beer in the fridge and at 12 there was a full can sitting there so all was good.

Updated...

Week 1... AF 9.0 9.0 7.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 (42)
Week 2... AF 7.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 AF 5.0 (31)
Week 3... 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.5 6.0 7.5 (45)

Last week I sort of found myself drinking just for the sake of having a go at taking my Nal and getting a bit of drinking done if that makes sense. I'd usually have at least1 AF day before I started TSM and will try and have one or two this week.

Some things I've noticed... I still crave a beer most days but once I do, after 1 or 2 the notion wares off and I find myself sort of forgetting about it or taking forever to finish off. What I hate about this is, to me, 2 or 3 beer is the worst amount you can drink. 1 beer is refreshing but 2 or 3 just make me sort of wired and just wanting to go to sleep. I was never a 2-3 beer person. I usually drank to get the buzz.

I still don't think that I've really pushed myself through the barrier to get drunk intentionally and it might come but my third week is over and I haven't been drunk yet. That is not a coincidence, no way is it.

Some side effects I've notices is nausea especially when exercising. I felt really bad on my second week after pushing a bit of running but I think this will pass. Sex drive is down I've noticed and also appetite. I put both of these down to me being a compulsive person and the Nal sort of blocking these things out and I just sort of forget about them. (Best I could put it )

Well that's about it. As you can probably tell I'm happy enough with how things are going. I try not to think to much about it at these early stages and let things roll as they are but something is definitely happening and I'm very grateful for whatever it is.

Cheers everyone.

Just thought I'd make a quick update. My usual tipple is a standard 4% UK lager. I think it would be similar to your US light beer in ABV. Anyway, when I usually want to get wasted its very hard to when drinking these so I usually drink a 5% lager. I know it might not seem much but I can really tell the difference.

Last night I thought I'd try the stronger cans to see if I'd be inclined to try and push it. No joy thankfully. I struggled with my 3rd can and ended up not finishing it. One thing I noticed this morning was the hangover. For only 3 cans of beer I'm struggling all right. I'd been wanting to test this out for a week or two and am pleased with the result. I couldn't imagine the hangover from 6 or 7 cans any more especially on the Nal. Touch would things keep going well.

Hey everyone...

Just a quick update. After Tuesdays post where I'd said about the higher ABV beers, I grabbed 4 cans of Fullers London Pride (4.7%) yesterday. A really nice ale I used to drink but god am I feeling it today. First can was lovely, a real tasty beer but the second was a struggle and the third got pored down the drain this morning.

What I noticed with this was that the first beer went down so easy because it is after all a very tasty beer but just like say a soft drink after 1 or 2 max your refreshed with no desire to drink any more. With the Nal doing its thing I'm guessing this was how I felt after the 1 beer as I'm not getting the good feeling from the alcohol and the need to drink more. I really should get the book to read.

Never felt this bad from under 3 beers though. Hopefully it might make me take a few more AF days.

Cheers.

Ah yes, the TSM hangover, or the Nal-over as we sometimes call it. This can be a great deterrent to drinking too much, but it is also a nasty experience in and of itself - one of the "good and bad" things about TSM.

It sounds like you're cruising right along, Yutiro. Keep up the good work.

Best,

H

Thanks mate.

Yeah, thinks seem to be going smoothly enough. This week seen the worst hangover I've had by far as of yet. I'm hoping this phase I'm in lasts but I'm ready come what may. I really think I'll find it hard getting out of control though, what with the hangovers and just lack of desire to push on through.

Hey...

Was gonna wait until tomorrow to update but might as well get it done now as I've not much going on.

Anyway.. Things are going as smooth as could be expected. Unit's are still down but its taking me forever to consume even those. Example being. I open my first beer at 4.30pm today and and currently sitting here with my third which is full and to be honest its about to go down the drain at.. 8.45pm.

Updated...

Week 1... AF 9.0 9.0 7.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 (42)
Week 2... AF 7.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 AF 5.0 (31)
Week 3... 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.5 6.0 7.5 (45)
Week 4... AF 7.0 6.0 7.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 (33)

I'm really not enjoying the few beers I'm having at the minute but this is no big surprise as I'm not a big 2-3 beer drinker. It just makes me feel kind of weird and just wanting to call it a day which is hard as I find it hard to sleep with a small amount of alcohol in my system.

Once again a few nights during this week I opened my first beer with maybe the idea of getting drunk. Even into the first it felt good but after that the notion just died off. As I've already posted above there no way this is a coincidence, thinks most be working well.

I'm really chuffed with how things are going and I'm trying to just motor on without thinking to much about it. Its probably to early to think to much into things anyway. I just don't want to get carried away but I'm feeling really optimistic.

Anyway, that's about it. Best of luck to everyone...

Tee.