Something’s not right. I’m so sleepy I can nap at any time of day (struggled with terrible insomnia since the age of 18, so this is very unusual). When I nap I can barely get back out of bed. Honestly would probably sleep 18+ hours/day if I could. Just have zero energy to do anything and it’s so frustrating.

I am falling behind at work, neglecting my responsibilities as a dog-parent (not walking my dog enough), not fulfilling chores/responsibilities, and not exercising. This is so unusual for me. Even in the midst of addiction, unless I was brutally hungover (which admittedly happened frequently), still did these things. The times I’ve gotten sober before my energy comes back very quickly and am almost certain it’s the shot.

Only concern is I’ve got less than a week left before I’m due for another, shouldn’t it have almost worn off by now? Is something else possibly going on?

Apologies for the lengthy post, but I could really use some advice from those who have seen success with TSM.

I've been doing TSM for 8 months, and it's been a really challenging process for me. I have been a daily wine drinker for years, and AUD runs in my family. My older sister is also a daily wine drinker, and it got severely out of control after our mom died. After two stints in rehab in the last year, she has been unsuccessful with trying to stay sober. In fact, no drinker in my family has ever been able to stay sober.

Since AUD is progressive, I felt like what happened to my sister will inevitably happen to me too, so when I found TSM, I decided to try it for myself, with the ultimate goal of being able to drink in moderation in the future.

Unlike many others, I never experienced a honeymoon period. I drink the same amount, if not more, on the medication. There have been some subtle positive changes - I am completely uninterested in liquor or beer. I don't go out and get drunk with my friends and embarrass myself. If I never had a vodka soda ever again, that would be fine. But wine is still as good as ever to me. I don't seem to care that I don't feel a buzz because I like how wine tastes, and the daily habit of drinking it in the evening is so strong, I don't know how to break it.

I'm just really struggling right now. I feel awful so much of the time. I have a chronic illness as well, and obviously dealing with frequent hangovers does not help. My appetite is also severely affected by Nal, and I'm starting to lose weight, which I don't want. I have been committed to trying TSM for at least a year, but I'm not seeing any downward trend, and in fact it feels like I have less control than I had before.

Any advice would be appreciated. Should I start forcing more alcohol free days at this point? Is this despair I feel after drinking part of rewiring process? Can I still have hope that TSM will work for me?

Librium 25 mg. I can’t sleep. I’m panicking.

Tagging this as NSFW due to mentions of self harm.

Around 6 years ago I was on naltrexone while in college to stop self-harm. I was hurting myself multiple times a week and once I was on nal I think I only relapsed maybe 4 total times in the last 6 years, with 2 of those being within the first year of being on it. Huge difference. I only stayed on it for about a year because it worked for me to train my brain that self-harm isn’t something that makes me feel good - it’s something that literally causes my body harm. I’ve been using I am Sober to track my streak for self-harm and am currently at 502 days since my last relapse which occurred after a very traumatic situation but I got right back on track as it didn’t make me feel better.

I’m really excited about the possibilities of trying nal again for alcoholism which I didn’t suffer from when I was previously on it. I got a DUI in July of this year. I’ve been trying to taper down and quit very unsuccessfully despite the knowledge that there is a very high chance I will be on supervised probation with random urine analysis starting in Jan-Feb.

I just want to thank this sub for the posts that have popped up in my feed after being subscribed to other related subs. If I hadn’t looked into TSM I honestly don’t know if I would have remembered how well nal helped me back in the day and the potential it has to help me again.

I’m excited for my sober (or at minimum sober-ish) and I know I can do this.

So I've seen vivid dreams mentioned as a side effect of Nal consumption throughout a number of threads. One of my initial thoughts was that I remember my dreams better since I am generally not longer intoxicated when I go to sleep. I do have to say though, that my dreams have been intensely vivid, nutty, and memorable. I am loving it. What's your experience like, and why do you think this happens?

i’ve heard lots of stories about people taking ozempic for weight loss or diabetes and as a side effect, cutting back or quitting alcohol. very interesting stuff

The side effects aren’t going away at all… my stomach feels unsettled all the time.

So basically I'm a functional alcoholic at the age of 19 drinking a 750 bottle of bourbon after work every day for this past year. Got on naltrexone 50 mg in November and was going strong for 41 days and gave into my thoughts. Now that I've given in all I want is to drink again, first night had 3 drinks then the next night had 8. I'm really hating myself rn as I have to buy some groceries today and the liquor store is in the same store that I will go straight to the store even tho I don't want to. I don't really feel the buzz just that my tolerance is garbage and wanna throw up, even that won't stop me, and waking up and realizing I pissed myself. I'm fed up with this disease that I gave into, use to be a nice drunk and now becoming a mean drunk not abusive just saying really nasty things. I've already disappointed my parents in November and now I'm just hiding my drinking again because I don't want them to go through the process again.

Sorry for the long post

Starting my the road to sobriety today. I threw out all my booze after my last drink. I lost both my parents this year, my father most recently two weeks ago, so I've been going hard. I made the decision to end all the drinking and just go cold turkey, as my father died due to extremely high blood pressure/double heart attack. Wish me luck.

I was stupid and took 25mg of naltrexone on an empty stomach. It’s been almost 2 hours and I am getting very severe nausea, can’t even look at the dinner I had started cooking earlier.

I know it’s bad but can I go puke? I might not even have a choice at this point😩 Would I need to dose again or is the medication already in my system? Would puking even help that nauseas feeling….

On the bright side, I also can’t drink the glass of wine I had poured lol

Daily heavy drinker since youth. I wanted a change. Considered Nal for months. Three weeks on with the initial change in feelings allowing me to drink less. Beat my decades long dread of insomnia. Now I'm back to nearly my old volumes only with less obsession, just drinking out of habit. Does anyone have second thoughts and think "maybe I wasn't that bad, maybe I miss the numbness, maybe it was/is part of who I am and it wasn't that bad, maybe I don't need this pill." I know that's incorrect thinking and I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing if any of that made any sense, but has anyone else had those feelings?

Anyone experiencing unintentional weight loss on Nal? I’ve lost 13lbs over the past 5 months and am now considered underweight. I don’t want to stop using Nal but I also don’t want additional weight loss. I know Nal is prescribed with Wellbutrin for weight loss so just curious if anyone else is experiencing this. I have been trying to replace the calories I’ve lost as a result of reducing alcohol but I cannot seem to get the weight back on.

Here is a great little training video for emergency room folks, but has good info for all.

I'm just interested. Been taking naltrexone on TSM for a few weeks now.

Forcing myself to ask here, hoping it's not against any rule, but half of writing this is for me to formulate my thoughts and questions.

(Mods, if you gotta remove this, PLEASE at least don't "delete" it, so I can still refer to it... I'm struggling here)

BACKGROUND:
A. Haven't found a way to "want" to yet, but logically I "need" to stop drinking.

B. Drink 1.75 L liquor every 3 days for about 20 years, but can't remember last time I felt "drunk".

-The one exception is October, I've done "sober October" last 6 or so years.
--Generally successful. First week never fun, but never had "DTs" or anything like that.

--EXAMPLE: OCT 2024, had exactly 2 drinks:
---1. Buddy helped me with a home project and brought us each 1 fancy beer (had a couple drinks and dump the rest out when he left)
---2. Buddies house warming party I had quarter shot of mezcal.

C. For better or worse, high-functioning alcoholic. -Great job, house, cars, kid.
-Never any legal trouble.
-Never any problems with work.
-Would be a stretch to call me "in shape" but no noticeable/major health problems yet.

D. 2024 is first time I tried to actually quit liquor beyond October. (Beer, wine, etc. is like cigarettes to me. Quit all that stuff a long time ago and don't feel any desire to go back. Liquor is my problem).
--At the point where I simply have to admit I just don't have the ability or tools yet to enable me to exit this lifestyle.
--There is not much more on Earth I hate than having to admit this. But facts are facts.

QUESTIONS: 1. How does Adderall react with Naltrexone?
-I have a job to keep and a family to support. Can't be quitting both of the same time.

1. How hard is it to get a shot?
   -I don't trust myself with daily pills.
   -Will they make me try pills first?
   -Haven't had a primary care doctor in years, but I have decentish insurance (for whatever that's worth in the US)

2. What happens if I drink while on Naltrexone? -Like if my weak ass messes up and drinks, is that a more immediate life threatening thing?
   --Can I same-day-die from messing up?

3. How much does Naltrexone generally cost?
   -are there side cost I'm not even thinking of?

4. Is there any legal liability?
   -Like would my job or family or anyone know?
   -Does the world need to know about my issue in order for me to get help?

I'm sure it's not your guys's job to answer these questions. Again, I just forced myself to write this. If it's the wrong place do it you got to do.

But any help would be greatly appreciated!!
(I haven't found a way to make myself sit down and research this thing yet. I know eventually that's what I'll have to do. But if there's anything y'all could provide/answer to get me started... I'm trying here)

Welcome to another lovely Saturday check in! Whatever it is you've got going on lately, feel free to leave it in the comments! As always, to you lovely lurkers: we see you, we love you, come out when you're ready! :)

It took a year of Naltrexone on and off and recently hitting a low point with drinking. A switch flipped and I decided to immediately take naltrexone and all meds I have prescribed more seriously. I tapered over 4 days and then quit. I’m almost to 3 weeks somehow. I never thought I could really do it honestly. Maybe it’s just the low point or maybe Naltrexone finally started working. Probably both. I’m detoxed for once in my life and I never have to become a slave to drinking again. That and a lot of craft sodas is keeping me going. I hope someone who doesn’t believe they have the strength reads this can take a little motivation from me,

a former, proper drunk

Heyo all! Here's a thread whose sole purpose is to give those who have a grievance against the Sinclair Method a place to air it all out. I and several others have noticed an influx of comments detracting from the Sinclair Method, and or touting the (statistically speaking) miserably ineffective recovery/abstinence modality. In an effort to give those would would discuss in good faith a chance to do so, I'm making this post every Friday. Please take this opportunity to engage with people for whom the Sinclair Method has literally be life saving.

Having said that, I will take this opportunity to say I'm gonna start straight up deleting comments that say anything like "IWNDWYT" or something to that effect. For those repeat offenders who never take the opportunity to post here, I'm just gonna have to hand you a ban. There are very few places on the internet where the Sinclair Method can be discussed safely, and that's something worth protecting. Until I figure out a better way to mitigate the bad faith folks who come here to detract from the life-saving Sinclair Method, this is just how it has to be.

So with that unpleasantness out of the way, feel free to leave your grievances in the comments! I will drink with you today if I'm properly protected!

Asking for a friend.

Hey y'all! This is a place for you to post your successes, great and small, with the Sinclair Method! Whatever it is that the Sinclair Method has done for you lately, feel free to leave it here!

I'll give a brief snapshot of my own story: I was a binge drinker for 20 years that started at weekend keg parties in high school and progressed to drinking 15 units nightly of spirits and beer near the start of the pandemic. This is the same time period that my first child was born.

I have now taken control of my drinking with the help of The Sinclair Method and this community and enjoy a majority of AF days most weeks. I get to enjoy being clear headed around my children and enthusiastic about experiencing the world as it unfolds to them without the dread of searching for the next drink.

If you've got any similarly positive stories, feel free to share them here! :)

I was sober for five months and drank a few times the last couple weeks. Nothing crazy, but I’m sick of these cravings.

I’m not gonna go out of my way to go crazy drinking, but may go out sometimes for drinks.

I’m thinking about giving TSM another try. I’ve tried everything, and I’m just getting worse. The disease is progressing, and it’s like there is nothing I can do about it. I’m helplessly watching it get worse. The hardest thing for me the first go round was how well naltrexone worked. It completely removed the buzz for me. So much so that I would get angry when I was at places where I was supposed to catch a buzz and have fun - like an event, or meeting up with friends at the brewery. I couldn’t catch my buzz at all, and I’d just become so angry I’d leave and act like an asshole to everyone.

So this go round, maybe I’ll have to stay away from those places that trigger me. I really didn’t have a problem with it at home. And during the “honeymoon” stage it was almost like pure magic. I was down to 4-5 drinks a night after two weeks vs my normal 15+. So, to make this work, I guess I’m just going to have to “leave the party” and accept drinking without the buzz 🤷‍♂️. And really try to work this endorphin response thing doing other activities without Nal.

i got the vivitrol shot a week and a half ago and so far i have been having a slew of issues. i don’t have an appetite, my anxiety has been pretty awful, i am constantly tired (sleeping like 12 hours a day). the cravings side of it is great, i haven’t been craving alcohol at all (it’s been 1 month sober!). regardless i have lost so much weight and have been pretty miserable the last week or so. i also have been lacking in motivation and feel like a zombie. anyone else experience this?

Hope this ok to ask , not looking for medical advice . I have Librium 25mg and just wondering how you dosed it .... Seems to be helping . Took 2 so far today , one at 10am another at 4 pm , is a third okay to take about 8pm ? Then I think over a few days , the dose tapers