keep going with the flow on the AF days. AF days will really help tell your mind and body of little you need AL. Nal on!

Hello TSMers

I've had a good week with 11 units and 4 AFDS. I had 3 drinks last night and I felt so tired and demotivated today. I actually feel like a drink tonight but dont want to have the Nal tirednesss thing tomorrow so I'll give it a miss. I admit I feel like a non nal drink. But I guess I'll just go and distract myself.- no Im having a nal. I have changed my mind. I will have a beer in one hour.

I wonder if its the Nal that causes the tiredness or the Nal plus alcohol. I know that if I have a lot of drinks -say 6 the nalover is heaps worse so I guess it is the combination. I might post a new thread on Nalovers.

Hope everyone is having a good week!

MD

And the numbers keep on falling! Nicely done, MD!

Good one on the AF days and the units MD - I am not sure re the nal causing tiredness - I am sure that it is different for everyone though. Have to admit that that was not a SE for me .....

Hugs, Maggie

your count is really low and the AF days are awesome. keep it up!

Thank you lovely people for your support. You are the only people I can talk to about TSM. Without you I think I would have given up. I really appreciate your advice and experiences.

MD

Hello
Weekly progress report- numbers up this week. It was a long weekend here in Australia and we had ANZAC day where we remember our fallen. It is traditionally a big drinking day too and people play a betting game called 2 Up as it's the only day where it's legal. I always go play with my brother and friends at a local club. It is always a lot of fun to catch up with old friends. I took my Nal and counted 4 beers which was probably 6 units. Now in past years I would move on to wine or spirits so while it is still a lot and too much to drink it is a lot less than before Nal. I was intoxicated but not too bad. I felt pretty bad the next day but not as bad as previous years.

Back to lower numbers this week I think.
Hope everyone is having a good week.

MD

That's sounding pretty good under the circumstances, MD. I'd say you're coming along really well!

Confession Time

I was going out on Saturday night to see a band and I decided not to take a Nal. I didnt notice a buzz but I drank 9 units. - 6 bottles of beer. This is less than I used to drink on a big night but I did notice taking my beer with me on the dance floor which is just stupid. I learnt my lesson. Im not going to do that again. Why did I want to drink wthout Nal ? Because I guess I wanted the buzz. I was craving and the whole scene was around drinking - with my best friend and my brother. I was drunk. I didnt get into any trouble. I didnt fight with my partner but I was running around like a bit of a lunatic. At least I stuck with beer and didnt change over to wine or spirits as in my pre-nal days.

On the upside I only drank on Friday and Saturday nights which is I guess an aim of mine- it's how normal people drink- no not as many as I had but just on the weekend. I didnt have any cravings on Sunday. I took my mum out for Mother's Day and my daughter and had a big vanilla milkshake- yum.

Ive also told the leader of my SMART Recovery group about TSM and I offered to talk about it to the group. He wants me to just talk about the CBT impact- how using Nal has changed my habits/my thinking.

Will post about how it goes.

Happy Belated Mother's Day to you all and hope youre all having a good week

MD

Glad you're back on the Nal after the outtake, I guess you could say that was proof positive that you're missing something (and that's a good thing). Though it might raise the question: What are you going to fill in with that gives you the endorphin hit?

Good to hear too that you've limited your drinking to the weekend, that's a great accomplishment!

Seems to me the Nal gives my conscious mind a chance to get a word in edgewise, without the craving drowning out everything else I might think. It gives me choice. I remember what my habits and thinking were before, that's a place I never want to go back to.