Anyone else here struggle with addiction? I have almost 2 years sober!
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Congratulations! In February, I celebrated 13 years clean and sober. Alcohol was my drug of choice, and I gained a ton of weight in the last year of my drinking.
I now struggle because of blood pressure medication, my age, and my love of all things food. I realize that I am a boredom eater. Not doing anything, shove some food in your mouth..... UGH
I am starting over on the weight loss journey.
Stay strong and stay healthy! You have got this!
Every day one of us alcoholics wakes up in our own bed, without a hangover, is a great day!
Feel free to add me as a friend. Support is everything!5 -
Congrats on staying sober. I've lived with alcoholics, and I was a 32 year smoker. I quit in 2012. I was a daily drinker and on New Years, I opted to just keep it to Friday nights and Saturday nights. Now I hardly do either. Quitting any addiction is hard so kudos for overcoming on a daily basis.6
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congrats on the sobriety. it's never an easy journey. i was never addicted to alcohol, but i was addicted to food. it was my immediate go to whenever something was happening that i didn't want to cope with. unlike alcohol, i cannot cut food out of my life completely, so i still work with it every day to keep my head on track.3
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I'm presently in recovery myself. I was a functional alcoholic for 5 years and now I find myself being tempted to reach oblivion when I'm stressed. It was always my go-to when I wanted to "disappear" for awhile from reality. Congrats to you on your sobriety! It's a hard road and I applaud you.
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I never suffer from it..........enjoy every minute of it.....okay probably not every minute.7
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Hooray!
Congrats on your sobriety.
I am an alcoholic/addict with ... well, I don't even want to say how long I have been sober...very long.
I don't know how chemical dependency and a propensity to addiction relates to fitness and weight control. Or even if it does. However, attempting to lose weight is putting yourself in a stressful situation, which is relevant.
Be sure that your sobriety is strong, that you keep everything out in front of you, and that your support system knows what you are doing and that you keep them close.
On the other hand, getting healthier in all ways is definitely a part of sobriety.
I applaud you on your effort.
You can do this!!!
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Congrats! You look beautiful.0
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I've suffer from ptsd and substance abuse has controlled much of my life. I just as recently as November was admitted for outpatient care. I'm 6 months clean, and working hard everyday to stay that way.24
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I had my 22nd clean anniversary back in April. I stepped away from alcohol, numerous narcotics and cigarettes all on the same day. I went from 9st (grossly underweight since I'm 6' 4", but I just couldn't put on weight) up to just over 17st. August last year, I decided to finally start doing something about it and started logging all I was eating. October, I started adding some "move more" into the equation with at least 5 miles a day of brisk (4+mph) walking. I'm now down to 12st 11lb and nearly at my target weight of 12st 7lb.13
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I had my 22nd clean anniversary back in April. I stepped away from alcohol, numerous narcotics and cigarettes all on the same day. I went from 9st (grossly underweight since I'm 6' 4", but I just couldn't put on weight) up to just over 17st. August last year, I decided to finally start doing something about it and started logging all I was eating. October, I started adding some "move more" into the equation with at least 5 miles a day of brisk (4+mph) walking. I'm now down to 12st 11lb and nearly at my target weight of 12st 7lb.
And managed to walk to Mordor!3 -
I give all the sober people here credit. its a rare day I don't drink to much and have a shity morning.
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I have been to multiple AA meetings but I am not an alcoholic.
Sobriety is a powerful thing.2 -
The fact that I need to 'watch' my food EVERY day tells me that I earned my seat in this thread...ODAT for OAers too!6
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30 years sober from a variety of mind numbers and so much happier. I gained weight after quitting tobacco. Now I'm working on my eating behaviors and winning that one too.
I think I've an addictive nature and fill the oral fixation or yearning for the nipple with something. Should I blame my mom for weaning me too early ? It works best to own the problem completely and not blame anyone else for any degree of my problems. I also don't blame my DNA or my environment or any other circumstances for my problems.
They are my problems to fix and no one else's.
I do have a friend that takes care of problems I'm too weak to handle myself. All I have to do is ask then follow his lead. He's done that for me so many times that I've come to lean on him a lot. His name is Jesus Christ and he'll help you too. All you have to do is ask. Be blessed and you won't need luck.
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Almost 20 year sober ex-junkie.7
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Yep me too people since we are piling on, 32 years clean and sober, alcohol was my thing.
I am going through an extremely tough emotional redesign right now, struggling to maintain my recent 20 lb loss, and struggling with emotional eating, but I am grateful to say that even on the darkest nights (and last night was one), alcohol never enters my mind as a solution. I know better today than to throw gas on the fire
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