Onir Journal
The night before I dropped her off at college.
I wasn't planning on changing anything that week. Then I realized I didn't want to be foggy for the one morning that actually mattered.
By Priya M.
The short answer
This is one member's account of the night she stopped putting it off, told hour by hour, and the two weeks that followed. The short version: the pull toward a second glass isn't a discipline problem, it's a dopamine response the first drink sets off. Naltrexone, an FDA-approved daily pill, quiets that response. Most people notice something shift within the first couple of weeks.
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I'd told myself all that week I'd deal with it eventually. Not this week, obviously, there were boxes everywhere and a fifteen-hour drive ahead of us. This week never came, until one particular night it just did.
One night, hour by hour
PM
Packing the last box in her room, the one with the stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. I was tired in the specific way that makes a glass of wine feel less like a want and more like a foregone conclusion.
PM
Poured the glass. Noticed, before I'd even finished it, that I was already half-thinking about the second one. That part usually happens without me clocking it. Tonight I clocked it.
PM
Sat on the floor of her half-empty room. Tomorrow was the drive, then the drop-off, then driving home alone for the first time in eighteen years. I didn't want to be a little foggy for that morning. I wanted to actually be there for it, not managing a headache through it.
PM
Remembered a friend mentioning a quiz weeks ago. Dismissed it then. Pulled it up now, sitting on the floor between two boxes. One of the screens explained that the second glass isn't really about wanting more wine, it's a dopamine response the first one sets off. Read it twice. It was the first explanation that didn't sound like a lecture.
PM
Finished the quiz, felt a little silly doing this at eleven at night the day before a fifteen-hour drive, and went to bed anyway. Not because anything had changed yet. Just because I'd finally done the thing I'd been putting off all week.
AM
Loaded the car. Drove fifteen hours. Stood in a dorm parking lot the next afternoon and was fully, completely there for it, no medication involved yet, just the one glass the night before, not the two or three it almost became.
The package showed up while I was still unpacking from the drive back. Plain box, no fanfare. Took the first pill that night, mostly out of habit at that point, the quiz felt like a while ago already.
One week in. Nothing dramatic yet. A couple of nights I noticed I'd stopped after one glass without really deciding to, but I wasn't sure if that was the medication or just the adrenaline of move-out week finally wearing off.
Two weeks in, it stopped feeling like a fluke. The second glass just isn't calling my name the way it used to. I still have wine some nights. It's the wanting more of it that quieted down.
What I'd tell someone in the same week
I didn't have a rock bottom. I had a Tuesday night, a half-empty bedroom, and a morning I didn't want to be foggy for. That turned out to be enough of a reason.
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This page reflects one member's personal account. Individual experiences vary and results are not guaranteed. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or dial 911. Do not stop drinking abruptly without medical guidance if you are physically dependent on alcohol, as withdrawal can be dangerous.
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In their words
“I set one alarm for 5 p.m. and stopped thinking about it. Three weeks later the second glass just wasn't interesting anymore. No willpower involved.”
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Frequently asked questions
Did you have to stop drinking to start?
- No. I still drink some nights. The medication quiets the pull toward the second and third glass rather than taking the first one away.
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How long before you noticed anything?
- About two weeks. Week one was ambiguous. By day fourteen it stopped feeling like a coincidence.
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