I'd be finding it very hard if I was still drinking out of control while taking Nal. The hangovers are unreal. I've had one proper hangover since starting over 3 months ago and it was nasty indeed.

I really feel for you and the Nalovers....they are absolutely dreadful. You seem to be making great progress tho overall (despite overdoing it recently); the AF days are a major step.

Hope you continue to turn that next corner. KOKO!

Today was, I would have to say, the first day since I started taking the Nal that I absolutely did NOT want to have a drink. In fact, perhaps because I have been drinking quite a lot this week already (at 47u) that helped, but when 5 o'clock rolled around I felt happy and completely comfortable with easily choosing to abstain. I was looking forward to it and it was absolutely EASY. THAT's clear evidence that the Nal extinction effect has significantly affected my brain, has shrunken those "Super-highways" of alcohol addiction neural pathways down to quiet "country roads". I think I am very close to being CURED folks!!!

Having y'all here for support has also made a HUGE difference, thank you so very much!

Well, it aint over till its over so I'm not planning my victory party just yet, but I think it's just-around-the-corner.

Keep on keeping on folks....we can all be miracles in motion here if the Nal works for us!

Take care.

Congratulations Dab! That's great news. After 30+ years of drinking, I'm sure it feels great for you to have an effortless free AF day.

Yes, it did feel great, Done...thank you so much.

Today I drank again....on the weekends my best friend is in town and we have had a habit for many years to drink. Thank God he works out of town during the week! I have asked him when he is in town to give me at least an hour so that I can take my Nal...but for some strange reason he is unable/doesn't do that. So when the weekends roll around I have to guess, or call him earlier in the day to know what his plans are (he shares me with his girlfriend...). Is he a REAL friend if he doesn't seem to care or remember about my 1 hour Nal rule? I don't know....

Anyway....tonight I had several beer and am going to bed now with great regret! Regret that tonight I will not sleep well. Regret that tomorrow I will be a bit hungover....regret that I drank at all....because as I said in my last posting....I have lost ALL interest in drinking. Oh what a wonderful miracle!

Nal-on everyone. KOKO! We love you and are here for you!!!

Congratulations Dab, Im so impressed with your progress, fair play to you after such a short time.

I worry that this is not working for me but I will continue.

I hope the road ahead is very smooth for you,

Congrats and best of luck

Falling

Where does the time go? Go, especially when we are drinking? I've lost track of the last two weeks. No numbers, other than the last few days perhaps...let me see.....

Nov 25th(today): 6 drinks, 10 units.
Nov 24th: ZERO
Nov 23rd: 6 drinks, 10 units.
Nov 22nd...no idea.
Nov 21st: blank
Nov 20th: blank

Oh, how proud am I? Not at all. Miracle is, I've still managed to put in one AF day per week! I can't believe how just ONE DAY alcohol free makes me feel. Every day now, I actually have almost no desire to drink, but I do, I think out of habit! The Naltrexone has, for the most part, totally delivered me from the craving and interest to drink....but I still drink....I think because, as they say, "Old habits die hard". I've been drinking every night of my life for the past 30 years! Indeed, I am now battling with habit way more than I was, until recently, my alcohol addiction. Naltrexone has set me FREE from the addiction! I no longer crave or have any interest in drinking. My 33 year habit, however, is trying---successfully thus far---to keep me going.

I'm going to win.

Take care.

I LOVE the way I feel the day AFTER an AF day. I am noticeably more alert, positive, energetic. Is this a honeymoon thing or do any of you feel this way?

-FA

One AF day a week is a good achievement. Congratulations on that! The "habit" part is really tough to shake.....this coming from someone who didn't drink a lot every day....just drank every day. But the morning after an AF day is wonderful!

Hope you have a good week ahead!

Hi folks,

I've been out and about for a while now....stopped tracking my units....sort of gave up - gave in to the 5-6 month malaise, ambivalence....but have faithfully continued to take my Nal nevertheless. This week, however, I was delighted to accidentally realize that if I take the Nal an hour and a half or more before I drink (verses the standard 1 hour before) that it is suddenly making a big difference in my response and interest in the booze. THAT seems significant and has re-energized me a bit....given me another sliver of hope for eventual freedom from the booze beast. So, my metabolism must be a little slower than some, and taking the Nal and holding off drinking for a least an hour and a half for ME seems to be making a difference. Enough of a difference that it has re-ignited some hope and interest in being active again here. I'm even going to start tracking my numbers again....

Hope all is well with everyone. Thanks for being here. I'm looking forward to sharing with y'all again.
Dabs