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10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 42

Jacq don't feel bad about replacing alcohol with sugar for now. It's not dumb at all. If you were ADHD or suffered severe allergic reactions to sugar or were morbidly obese, then in my opinion overloading on sugar would be dumb. If eating something sweet stops you from raising a glass of alcohol to your lips then that strategy is a success. I do the same with fruit. Peaches are my favourite. but they have to be very juicy.

Best wishes for this upcoming weekend. Muster up your strength, arm yourself with a few sweet food "weapons" and smash out your AF weekend goal. Remember to keep well nourished and be kind to yourself.

We are all right behind you.

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 77

Wow Jacq, I know exactly what you mean. I had to stop at the shop on my way home the other night. That is one of my triggers because the time I like to have drink is in the evening in front of the telly. I was so close to the booze aisle but instead I bought 2 bags of peanut M&M's. I feel like I'm trading one addiction for another but eating sugar doesn't make me black out or miss work or have withdrawals, so be it. Better the sugar than the alcohol and I feel hopeful that one day I won't 'crave' anything.

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 52

I was craving a drink last night and instead ate four sugar glazed doughnuts. I found the sugar boost helped me with my urges to drink and I ended up just reading and going to bed. I know replacing alcohol with sugar is dumb but it really helps.

Sometimes when i want a beer ill drink a grapefruit soda or lemon soda.

When the urge to drink starts to subside im gonna need a sugar counsellor. But it helps so im gonna keep doing it. I still make sure to have balanced diet. I haven't been able to go longer than two weeks without a drink in the last 2-3 years so im just letting myself do it. My goal is to make it til the next weekend sober.

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 345

You're doing great! (I'm only at 20 days AF) You can find it under the Forum "Dealing With Urges" titled "Sugar Cravings." I know that since I started with this green diet I have had a much easier time with sugar cravings and cravings for alcohol. Hope it works for you too, worth a shot. Stay strong!

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 77

Thank you Toxic, I am doing ok, 21 days now but a long way to go. How can I find Dave848 post about low blood sugar? I will take your suggestion about fruit/veg. I know I don't eat enough of those. I'll let you know how I get on.

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 345

Hi Wendy, you may want to look at Dave848's post on low blood sugar if you haven't already. I read where a product called PGX can help to stabilize this condition. I know that it is also used as a weight loss aid. You may want to look into it for it's stabilizing effect. I personally have craved sugar since quitting and find if I eat a nutrient dense diet...lots of greens, vegetables, vegetable proteins and fruit, help to curb the craving for sugar. My desire for alcohol has diminished greatly also as a result. Maybe it'll work for you as well.

Stay strong...

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 77

Hi I'm Wendy. I am 19 days without alcohol now and finding it much harder than early on. I've been a heavy drinker for about 7 years, basically drinking anything. It started with a few glasses of wine at night and a scotch before bed and escalated. I switched from Scotch to Brandy to Wine, back to Scotch, than to Vodka in an attempt to 'manage' my drinking. My last binge was a litre of vodka every day for a week until my body seriously rebelled. I've been thru withdrawal a few times, managed it on my own because my Dr. didn't deem it necessary for me to have help. I've had it all, vomiting, diarhhea, nausea, shakes, sweats, hallucinations, rapid heart beat - my blood pressure was in the 'you should be dead now' range. Despite the memory of how awful that felt, how miserable I have made my family, how I am in danger of loosing a good job, how determined I was on days one thru 7, if someone handed me a bottle right now I would happily down it. What is wrong with me !!! This is like some kind of madness.

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 252

Hors Controle,

every day is a new dawn and a new start. Every day is the start of the rest of our lives.

Rob

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 557

Sad to say but I guess we have good genes. I also drink minimum 7 glasses of wines per day and have no withdrawal symptoms if I don't drink for one day or have one glass one day. I wish I had, since I only weigh 110 pounds. I can now imagine how intoxicated I am every day... sad

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6

I was lucky enough (I guess, if you consider finding out you have severe liver disease) anyway, lucky enough to detox in the hospital. I had tried before at home and the withdraw symptoms were way to much to handle and it can be seriously dangerous. Talking to my regular Dr. was not something that I did, had I have opened up to my doctors, I may have saved more of the precious time I have left ... eventually I will need a liver transplant, my Dr's exact words "you will not die of old age or natural causes, your liver will fail 1st".

I wish you the best and caution you to be very careful. I now have 86 days sober.

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