Hi. I just started the Sinclair method this past Wednesday. So far it's working great, in terms of reduced consumption or even wanting to drink. However, my husband who is an active alcoholic is being all weird, not talking, trying to cut down on his own drinking I think it's very stressful. He went to bed at 2:00 pm today. Not sure how to handle this but trying to just stay focussed on myself, because although I'd like support and although on paper he'd like me not to drink I think my new found path is making him very uncomfortable.

Welcome to TSM.com and hang in there, Josee! Hope your husband is successful in his bid to cut back, but it sounds like Nal is the way for you! At least if he doesn't manage as well as he'd like, you've got a good "Plan B" for him...

Sounds like you got a great confirmation from the Nal, very glad to hear it. TSM can be rather up and down though, there's often a "Honeymoon" effect wherein you get an initial decrease followed by a rebound. If that happens, don't worry as your drinking will roll off more slowly from the rebound. Just stay compliant with the dosing and use whatever conscious cramdown efforts/tricks/techniques that you've used in the past to limit the number of drinks per day. Generally, you let craving determine the number of drinking days and use mindful drinking techniques to set the number of drinks per day. Have a look at this page for general TSM tips:

http://optionssavelives.freeforums.net/ ... hints-tips

And here's a spreadsheet/graph combo if you don't have one already:

http://optionssavelives.freeforums.net/ ... graph-tool

It's a great consciousness building tool and that charts your progress.

Again, welcome and thanks for joining us!