I actually ended up drinking more that week. I think I drank a bottle of wine (5 CAD drinks) over that 3 days.

I've been bad at tracking, but if I can remember this, for week 3, I had one drink Friday night, nothing Saturday, and then 80% of a bottle of wine (4 drinks) over the Sunday - Wednesday. Then yesterday was a work function where I had (over the course of 6 hours), 3 CAD drinks plus one when I got home. 9 for the week, I think 2 AF days.

Today is the start of week 4 and I was surprisingly uninterested in my Friday night wine which I usually look forward to with great anticipation. I poured the glass and took a while to actually start drinking it, got distracted with dinner and other things. When I finished it, I felt a slight buzz and decided to have another. I just poured 1/3 of that second drink down the sink. It was doing nothing for me and I wasn't interested. I was more interested in getting a diet coke and an oatmeal raisin cookie.

I know it's early days, but I think the nal is working. My interest in alcohol is waning. And the other interesting thing is, even when I do drink, I'm not as likely to overdrink. I'm retaining my ability to pace my drinking and stop before it gets to be too much which I was not doing so well with before.

Overall, I'm feeling pretty good about this whole thing!

It really is rather amazing, when I thought about quitting drinking before, it was this whole involved thing in my mind. I wasn't certain about how I was I was going to achieve it, what it was going to be like. Then I ran across TSM. Just take the pill an hour before and the situation eventually takes care of itself.

At one point, I was going to print up a t-shirt:

"TSM - So easy, a drunk could do it!"

But Claudia probably would have flayed me alive....

This is such a positive positive thing you are doing, you should feel good about the whole process Valerie. Alcohol controlled you, now you use it to control alcohol. The next time you Nal/drink, raise your glass to Dr. Sinclair and his little drunken rats, for they are about to change your outlook on life forever.

It is quite amazing. I am grateful to Dr. Sinclair and his drunken rats.

I'm not assuming it's over at this point, it's still early days and from what I gather reading everyone else's experiences, blips, backtracking and rebound drinking is to be expected as further part of the process. I'm not doubting the eventual outcome anymore though. I know that TSM will win the battle.

I'd never even heard of the concept of pharmacological extinction before 2 months ago. And here I am, knowing it works.

I haven't been checking in or posting, but I'm doing really well. I know I got lucky in stumbling across TSM early into my AUD so that's probably a big part of this working so well for me.

Tonight was a great example of how well it's working. I really wanted to have some wine tonight, took my pill and then was quite looking forward to having my wine when my 60 minutes were up. The first glass was great, led to a quick 2nd and a slower but still anticipated 3rd. Often that's when I lose control and start overdrinking. Tonight after the third, I wanted diet coke, so I've switched.

I'm still feeling the buzz from the wine a bit but not feeling that compulsion to keep drinking that I usually get with the buzz. Instead I'm craving diet coke. So odd.

I think since I started TSM I've only gotten over drunk twice, both fairly early on.

All things considered, I'm pretty happy with how TSM has worked for me. Not quite ready to call "cured" yet, but feeling pretty certain that I'm headed in the right direction.

That's sounding really good, Valerie! Keep rockin' with the same plan and keep us updated!

Valerie,

It sounds like you are a fast responder. I am not saying you will not have one of those out of control moments, but to lose all interest and switch your drink is something that I had to force after my third month (hated the nal overs).

Not posting is a sign that TSM is working! No worries about that, for that is a good thing. Life gets busy when alcohol is no longer the center of our universe!

Keep doing what you are doing for it is working,

Jaba

Thanks! Had to check in again today when I was knee deep in the wine bottle. I knocked back 3 6oz glasses, plus a little splash, super quick (more than an hour after taking a nal) and was starting to think I was on the road to finishing the bottle and having another out of control episode when suddenly, I wanted to switch to diet coke again. I'm still a little buzzed but feeling really good about switching to diet coke, not wanting more wine at all.

I do think I'm a fast responder. I'm so grateful!

Fabulous, Valerie! Great job of listening to your brain tell you that you've had enough and acting on it!

keep it up Valerie! it's amazing how when you think you're going to get drunk, your body starts to lose interest. sounds like you're on your way....