Thanks for all the feedback & support everyone.

I'm planning on starting my 1st Nal tonight...1/2 pill. I don't usually drink much or any Friday's as the kids have sports tonight and early start tomorrow but as suggested by many, better to start on a weekend!

It's weird...I've been reading a lot of posts and am saying to myself "Do I really need this?? I can handle it." Damn brain trying to talk me out of it!

I did have a question...tonight I plan on taking the dose and slowly having a beer or two then stopping, even if I have to force myself just to see if any SE's happen. My questions is...I want to play with the kids tonight...Will the Nal stop me from enjoying a game of ping pong with the kids?? Also, I like to golf but have too many beers after...by taking Nal before the end of the round lessen my passion for the game? Pre-Nal...when I have those days of not drinking, I feel great, focused & confident! will I still get these feelings?

Any input is welcomed!!

Tough to say, ttc. You might not even feel it at all.

When I took it, it literally made it difficult to walk a straight line and that's now settling down to a dull roar after 3 weeks, but I seem to be a real oddball case. You may feel less enjoyment when you golf, or maybe you won't feel much benefit from getting out and exercising, or once again you may notice no difference. It'll be interesting to hear how your play goes though!

You'll know more this evening, that's about all I can say for sure. Well, best luck and may it feel like placebo to you, except that you don't feel like drinking as much!

TTC - I do not honestly think that your golf or a game of table tennis will be affected by the nal - I also do not think that the SE's will be made any different by how much you have to drink (apart from if you overdo and then have a Nal Over - but the SE's from the nal should not be affected by the amount you drink). You also should not force yourself to stop drinking - I mean try and not go silly but no forcing! Literally the only SE I had was slight nausea! Lots of folk have NO SE's - so please stop wishing them on yourself! I often think what we put out, we get back - I used to never look at the SE's of meds for that very reason. You will be fine! I wish you all the best!

Hugs, Maggie x

TTC, as Maggie said I think you'll be fine. Joe has had some significant side effects, but the majority of folks seem to have a minimal reaction. I felt the slightest bit queasy my first two or three days, but it passed. Also, a bit of a stretchy feeling which you may be only relate to once you've taken it. I don't think it will affect your ping-pong or golf match, but it will likely silence that compulsion to over do it at the 19th hole.

Lol...Bardo, you are so right! The 19th is a killer for me.

Great words Maggie, just working myself up too much.

So I took my first 1/2 pill of Nal 2.5hrs ago and feelings are a little weird.

Just to set the stage...I ended up having a a/f day yesterday as the kids had an early sports day today. Sports finished around 3:30pm and then ended up coming home for a nap until 5pm (was great). I wasn't sure if I wanted to have some cocktails tonight but figured I wanted to try the system in the weekend as others suggested.

Set my timer for 1.15hrs. Off it went at 6:15...ended up cracking first beer at 6:30pm.

It's now 7:41pm and I still have 1/2 the bottle left. Wow.

I really wanted to focus how my body and mind is reacting. So far, I do feel a little spacey. Like the feeling I would get after gulping 3 beers quickly. The want to drink quickly is not there. My mouth is dryer where normaly it would be wetter anticipating the next sip.

The beer tastes flat. Very similar to the non alcoholic beer I sometimes drink in the summer.
strange feeling.

I will admit that because I had the a/f day yesterday I woke up again with the feeling of "do I really need to do this?" Then I spent the day reminding myself of how much I drank last week and how that behaviour needs to stop.

Hopeful this makes sense??? Just a foggy feeling so far and not sure if I want to keep trying to have more. I'm really going to try to listen to what body and mind tell me to do.

Stellar results, ttc!

Yeah, just go with what your body tells you. You don't need any more than one drink per session for the extinction process to move a notch forward.

The side effects don't sound bad at the outset, likely they'll wear off in a few days.

Well done TTC-
Yes that's an interesting comparison to non alcoholic beer.

Im deciding whether to do an AFD or go up to 50 mg and see how that goes? Either way it feels like im in a lot more control of alcohol than it is of me for a change! But early days!!

So it's now almost 10pm...took just under 2hrs to finish the beer.

Me, being the goof i am have decided to try a shot of brandy (a favourite although usually 1 turns into many)...kinda have an urge but not as strong as normal.

I physically feel the warmth going in but the brain isn't getting the rush.

So far I feel a bit flushed overall, little tired and still have that "stoned" feeling that im hsure will pass.

I was going to say that maybe today isn't the best to start as I normally don't drink much Saturday's, but I looked at my tracking for the last 2 saturdays and they were both 14 units! Amazing that I had that thought that I didn't consume much the last 2 saturdays...brain trying to convince me...glad I began to count.

Going to head to bed as have an early start tomorrow...but for the night I'm at 3 units (double brandy shot+1 beer)...

Gonna be an interesting ride on TSM and im glad I bought a ticket!!!

TTC - I am so glad that you 'bought a ticket' too! I cannot imagine anything else that works this well, like this with the results that TSM has - it truly is quite amazing! Glad that you had the results that you had for yesterday - good one!

hugs, Maggie x