Anyone else drink everyday? I don’t know why I do it. I wish I could quit for a few days or a week to see where my mental health stands. It is totally sabotaging my weight loss.
I drink almost everyday. I just can’t stop. I’m trying not to drink today but I don’t know if I can do it.
Naltrexone really helps cut down drinking, aa helps too, both together has gotten me 87 days sober rn… 
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I pretty much wake up everyday and think I am going to do something besides drink when I get off work but I drink. It’s just easy no thoughts required. I thought I was done after Labor Day but I drank yesterday. Hopes for today though.
I want to lose weight but this is really getting in the way even though I feel like I only eat two smaller meals a day. Haven’t lost anything in a week and a half. Most of my carbs are coming from alcohol. They say you will burn those calories first.
Feeling really sad about all of this today but I don’t know if I can handle all the emotion if I don’t drink. But I can’t just keep drinking.
I’ve lost about 8 pounds in my 87 days sober. The drunk munchies don’t help either!
I have lost 8 pounds on low carb but now I am stalled., I figure if I can make it through the day on a regular basis by working, being patient and nice that I can find something better to do even if it’s hard and imperfect.
Get naltrexone for addictions
I used to have a couple of cans at home every day after work. I cut it out so it was only at the weekend that I drank. Now I am trying to cut that out too because I can’t cope with the depressive come down on a Monday and Tuesday. I am 45. If you cut it down I think you will be surprised at how much more productive time you have and how your mood improves. And you will lose weight. I came to the conclusion there are only benefits (other than the social aspect. Drunk people are very boring when you are sober. And sober people are often bored because they are not drinking)
I had a hard time with drinking everyday and drugs. That seems to be a common thread among sz and sza. When I was in the hospital I read that sz are far more likely to drink than the average person and bi-polar are far more likely to use hard stimulants than the average person. sza are more likely to abuse both. It appears that this may be a form of self-medication. They only problem is that in the long run it makes the illness worse. I had to go to AA - “The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.” to get some tools. Once I got off the drinking and my meds got me stable. The desire to drink faded away. I still get cravings, but, I recoil from them as from a hot flame. It is my belief, and you may not agree, that it takes a “Grace” to quit drinking. Basically, I am “dry”. Even one drink will start the habit of drinking every day again. I haven;t had a drink in over 10 years.
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Here are a few things that helped me
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KISS Principle - Keep it simple stupid
One Day At a Time
If I fall down just get back up again.
Belief in a Power greater than myself.
I didn’t drink yesterday. I don’t know about AA. I have gone before.
I am exactly like you. I don’t get drunk or finish a bottle anymore but still have a beer or a glass of cocktail every night. I drink every night. I will try to decrease the amount even more I think that is the trick… to drink half a glass and slowly just before sleep until it gets out of your system. I wanna loose weight too. I’ve been walking much more in the mornings though.
I was hoping I would feel motivated to workout this morning but I am not. Just going to have my coffe till the sun comes up and finish cutting the grass before the rain shows up.
I drink at least a bottle a night. I just do it because I get restless. Sometimes I feel like I am getting away with something fun but it does interfere with life a bit.
My main motivation is spending a week with my mom in November and there will be no drinking and probably no smoking as I don’t want to look like an unhealthy nut.
Also it is very motivating that so many people here don’t drink. I feel a sense of relief that I can beat this problem I have created .
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