Hi Tamtam - no I didn't force AF days - I actually decided to up my dose although I am not sure if that is what did it. I upped my dose and then got sick - about ten days after upping it. Because of being sick, I didn't drink - I was looking back at my numbers and thought it was 15th December but I was sick 5th December, so that means that I have only had 4 drinks since then. The day after I was sick I did not want to drink - nor the next day, or the day after that - and then it just got easy! Christmas day I did drink - and also had just one New years eve. (poured a second but tipped it out after one mouthful as I just didn't want it). I still cannot believe it - but it seems to be sticking. SO for anyone who says that it is never going to work - IT DOES. It took me a year - well, 11 months - but I had times when I thought it was never going to work - but had faith and patience!

I obviously am beyond happy about this turn of events - and know that it will work for you too! Hang in there!

hugs, Maggie x

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Hi Maggie

I haven't been on this site for a while - but reading your thread, I'm overjoyed for you. How amazing to be 'cured' just like that! I hope the same will happen for me very soon (I'm 1 year 2 months in TSM now). My drinking is much better and I'm having 3 AF days a week without much trouble, but I would love to be like you where I really don't fancy a drink for a whole month.

You are such a great supporter of everyone on this site - it's great to read all of your encouragement to everyone. Snap x

And I remember you once telling me that you could never do a "30"

You go girl!!!!

Are you still taking nal daily or have you stopped?

Maggie:

Well I guess we will have to postpone the moonlight dance. Anyway, you are so far past the new cure point!! You are an old hand by now. I am dancing naked in the moonlight in my heart in happiness for you, though.

I am def not British, but an Anglophile, and I love Rich Tea biscuits. Here in FL you can find them in the supermarket. My assistant at work whose husband was Scottish first got me to try them. Yummy.

No one deserves this more than you do, Maggie.

I am doing pretty well myself, had a little bit of a rough patch over the holidays but I realized that overall my drinking is way down. I have stopped tracking out of laziness, I suppose I should get back to that. But overall on a day to day basis the drinking is not an issue. For me now it is mostly a social anxiety thing, I still use it in social situations because at heart I am an introvert but because of my job and family I am in more social situations than I really want to be in, I guess. I need to think some more about that.

Here's a cup of tea raised to a very happy 2016 for us both, Maggie!! xoxo Newlife

Yes it really has changed so much - but I still cannot quite believe it - after years of trying for this feeling, it is here! YEAH !!




I am not taking the nal All41 - I did take it Christmas Day and NYE obviously but 4 drinks total for those two days.





Thanks newlife - I laughed about your dancing in the moonlight in your heart comment ! I am too trust me! But at 18 degrees the other morning it is a tad cold for dancing naked anywhere! I am glad that you are getting there too - I am lucky in that I do not have to deal with the social issues not being a social animal myself! But I think that if I was, I might just be an AF social animal - the mere thought of drinking just does not feel good to me - odd! And I too am an introvert - and know that a glass or two would help in those situations! LOL



thanks Snap and I am pleased to hear that you are finally also feeling the things that you are - any AF days is good. I did not expect my 'cure' to be the way it is - I thought I would still drink now and then - but to just not want to - and trust me, I do think about it - not in as I crave one - but I do think "maybe I should take a nal and have a drink" now and then - but I just DO NOT WANT ONE. Just incredible - you are all going to get sick of me saying it!

HUGS to all, Maggie x

keep it up Maggie! your posts are awesome. couldn't be happier for you.

Maggie,

Thanks guys - I will post in the cured section soon - when I am really sure that I am! I still do not think though that it was upping my dose that flipped the switch. And am not going to say anything much about that - I do not want newbies or those earlier on, thinking that is the answer!

HUGS, Maggie xx