to SSIL75: No I haven't started yet I am waiting for the package to arrive. But I have stopped drinking and I am eating according to the plan (sort of, I still have to quit the coffee and diet coke). I have been assured by my friend who has done it twice (the first time didn't fail she just thought she wasn't an alcoholic because she found the process of quitting so easy that she could not believe she was actually an alcoholic, this secnd time she has no doubts). I will keep you posted when I start and my journey through it.