WTE - you are dealing with a lot right now...get through it however you can. I think you should also take comfort in Lena's progress: even though she had to take a break, it looks like she picked up right where she left off...no progress during the timeoff but you won't need to start from scratch.

You are such a gem on this board - keep your head up and the hope alive!

Take care,

Hi W2E,

As we started about the same time I can only imagine what it would be like to have to suspend the program for a few weeks. It's hard to imagine, because so much of my hope is riding on this thing right now. This 7-8 week period seems to be tough enough without broken collarbones and such. I'm glad you're back on the nal, and I'm sure you'll be right back to making progress.

This board is a lifeline to sanity for me too right now. Lots of people in my life know what I'm doing, but people don;t really understand what it's like until they have gone through it. It is so great to be able to talk about feelings and experiences, and to know that you all can know what I mean as you've been through it too. I'm usually a big time loner, but AL sometimes seems too big to beat by myself.

Waiting & As Reality, looks like we three are in the same boat more or less. I have not been on the program as long as you but our drinking units are up there. I too am alone quite a bit.
I don't work and really don't have family and my husband is gone quite a bit with work so I drink alone a lot and have much time on my hands most of it being hungover! I do go to the gym but have slacked off there too this year! You both are having a bit of a hard time but are very optimistic which is wonderful to hear. I can't imagine all those broken bones and the funny stories that you tell about getting ready, etc. What an upbeat person you are!!!! I just wanted to say something, no real answers other than I commend you on your positive outlook.

WaitingToExhale,

Seeing that your Cravings increased without Nal shows me that the treatment works for you!

If you stick 5-6 months with it I think the difference in action will be notice-able looking at it from moon!

All the best to you!

Waiting, yes today will be very interesting we will all wait to see how things go from you, honeymoon, side affects, units, etc. Let us know! Good luck! You do sound excited about it all.

Waiting, You are showing that you are a real trooper! I am happy that you are sticking with us and wish you nothing but the best! Don't worry about time. It is irrelevant as long as you are doing the right stuff. Which I see you are. All the best!!

Hey girl -
I've been busy this week & catching up a bit now. How are you? Hope your week was good w/ beginning the Nal again, etc... I had a bad night last night - met a dud of a dude. Was at a HUGE country club party - a thousand beautiful people. Met A3 who was not what he claimed to be. Shorter (duh -they are always 2" shorter, so I was prepared for that) and not at all like his picture! Wonder where he got that?! I was very disappointed, plus he had a dweeb friend w/ him who did most of the talking and was just a doofus. After about an hour the friend finally exited and we were able to talk. ick. I had to act interested & fain interest in playing golf on the impressive course before us (that WAS a draw, but I am just at the end of my rope with these superficial tet-a-tetes that go nowhere eventually) blahblahblah...Then, the dj put on "Soulja Boy" and all the CC babes w/ their botox and fake boobs go into this STUPID white girl line dance thing that was nowhere near the real Soulja Boy dance...I happen to know the ghetto version and in a moment of whimsy (had only had 1 1/2 glasses of wine too!!), I sort-of launched into it. As most know, it involves arms and the changing of directions pretty radically. I went to "the left the left the left the left the left" and as I went to "the right the right the right the right the right"...my guy stepped up into my space and I wopped his glass of red wine onto his pink shirt!!!!! LOL

OOPS!!! It wasn't too huge a deal. I was only slightly embarrassed b/c I was proud of gettin down wid muh bad sef doin da Soulja Boy dance dontcha know!! But he decided to go try to wash it out. I had been there a good hour & half by that time and I knew I wasn't having fun (except for the left & right actually)...and now I had spilt wine on this guy's shirt and was semi-embarrassed but not too much. No one was looking at me - I was invisible. It didn't matter. I looked around and saw only fake, neuvo riche plastic people...it suddenly saddened me that my new guy was vaporizing for no apparent reason, this guy was not as I expected, and I just got this panicky/ had to get out there feeling. And I did. I put my drink down and walked out the front door.

Yes, I very rudely left this poor man to come back and wonder WTF happened to me. I texted him..he was understandably shocked and hurt. we IM'd later. I made it out to be more of a panic attack over everything - I was lame and I know it. I felt & still do feel bad. But at the time I just had to get out of there - didn't want to stand there and make fake small talk and all that bullshit for one more second! I cried and perfect timing, my FWB who adores me called and we met at a nearby bar. I had a couple w/ him, bit my lip the entire time, and then came home.

Cried over my poor pitiful self as I drove home, of course...then came across G4M's critical essay on the Single Ladies thread. Damn - pissed me off! I thought I wrote something back, but guess I had the wherewithall to not send it. Sheesh - "not playing with a full deck" indeed!! I got your PM...you responded better than I could & I know it was "out of love" - but walk a mile in our shoes! I am not putting my life on hold thru the MONTHS it takes this method to work! That's nuts.

Anyway - glad you are back w/ the galtrexones! :-) What else is going on?

I call these types of experiences "glimpses into the future".

Now that I think of it, my ice cream consumption is on the rise, particularly, when I have not had alcohol for a while.

Me too. I don't know what my water intake is now, but it must be approaching 2 gallons. I always have water, carbonated water, or unsweetened tea with my all my waking hours including at work.

Great to have you back on Nal and continuing the journey. Any of us can have an accident at any time that will force us to suspend TSM for a time. So it's great to have someone who has chronicled their experience here for us to peruse.

Bob

WTE - So glad you are back in the saddle..great update.

If it's easier to start counting from scratch now, go for it. Hopefully in reality the break will not set you back to square one though.

Congratulations on starting up again!