Carlic: sending good thoughts your way, please BE SAFE and hope you find what is right for you. XOXO Newlife

Carli, you may want to up your dose to 25mg. If you are drinking ten drinks on a binge the Naltrexone will work but 12.5mg will only last so long and ten drinks will stay in your system longer. The side affects go away for most people after a little bit of usage which is common for most drugs really.

Good luck and keep reporting back.

Carli - what dose are you on - seeing Oceans post about upping your dose made me realise that I just for some reason assumed you were on 50 mg - yes I agree with ocean - please up your dose ! If abstinence hasn't worked before then it is not going to now .... please, be careful ...

Hugs, Maggie x

Carli, I am sending you lots of healing energy. I hope that you are reading your private messages so you know that people are thinking of you.

Thank you everyone for your thoughts. I really, really appreciate them. I have been doing a little bit better.
Last night I took 50mg and it seemed to work a little better. I drank probably a little too much, but definitely no black out or erratic behavior. I have a little more hope and will definitely keep posting.

I am driving up to Seattle tomorrow because I am in my best friends wedding so I might not be in touch for a couple days, but I will definitely make sure that when I get back, I have an update.

There is going to be the typical bachelorette party and an open bar at the wedding. I will take my nal and play it really safe. I wish I were looking forward to this a little bit more, but the past week or so has been pretty traumatic and I don't feel like going anywhere. Thank goodness I have been doing a little better so at least I can keep a commitment to a friend.

Like I said before, your thoughts and private messages have been incredibly helpful and encouraging. I appreciate it so much.

Hope everyone is enjoying their day.

Thanks for checking in with us carlic. I hope you enjoy the wedding. XOXO Newlife

Carli,

I am so happy you posted for we have been worried that you left us. I am happy that you are taking the 50mg and it is great that you did not black out or have erratic behavior (and the side effects have dissipated?). Please be careful on your trip and your friends bachelorette/wedding. It sounds like things are doing well for you.

Jaba

Carli, I will be sending you lots of healthy energy each and every day. I have been worried about you. Thanks for checking in. Enjoy the wedding. You can handle this. Looking forward to hearing how it went.

Carli,

Have a fun time at the wedding. I just want to chime in that I am also still having a problem with binge drinking. And I call it "out drinking the NAL". It sorta makes sense that the standard dose you take can only handle so many drinks for so long before the AL gets the upper hand. So on a day to day basis, if you have a couple of drinks no problem your standard dose can handle it BUT if you are going to be the life of the party and drink all day and all night you should try taking another half dose sometime in the middle to see if you can bolster the original dose. I have read that in other posts and have tried it with varying levels of success.

The last wedding I went to I did it and it worked great. About six hours into the partying I took a half dose and I stayed the course and had no erratic behavior. Other times, I think I took the half dose a little bit to late to help me. Meaning I took it when I was feeling that gotta party more feeling. I think I had already outdrank the NAL in those occasions and ended up acting foolish.

So just a suggestion that you may want to try to take a half dose 4-6 hours after you are drinking.