stepbench- Журнал, 31 июл 19

switch to alcohol with less carbs. Hmmm .. I started with a bottle of wine a night habit. started adding a shot of flavored sparkling water to every glass before filling. Then 2 shots... I am sure you see where I am going here. UNFORTUNATELY there is not much I can do about my whiskey cravings (mostly to keep from killing people) At least it is low carb and while in keto I am a SUPER WUSS IN THE LIQUOR DEPARTMENT! One shot makes me soooooo sleepy. and I can have it IF I BUDGET FOR IT IN MY CARBS. 

because flavored water and whiskey are NOT FRIENDS! 

Don’t buy the alcohol. 

I can relate, I open a bottle of vino and for some reason I feel it MUST BE finished! I do like my wine, so I am now trying to keep it for weekends and add club soda. 

Why does it HAVE to be finished? Can you possibly work at mediating that behavior. 

Alcoholics who drink their calories end up becoming nutritionally deficient in thiamine, folic acid and magnesium— a serious problem. Anyone who is a heavy drinker may want to take this into consideration. 

thats one reason I leave it for weekends, when I have family & friends around to help finish the bottle if they desire. That was I don't have an open bottle tempting me :-) 

I feel drawn to say something here. I feel my calling is to be a mentor. But I feel like I don't quite know how to go about that yet. I have drank for many years. It is tearing my heart to see some of you's wasting your time and money on this disease ridden stuff called alcohol. I just celebrated my one year anniversary of non drinking a few days ago. I can honestly say I don't miss it one bit. Yes I was like some of you here. I wanted to drink it all up till it was gone. Turn around sometimes the next day or so and start it all over. It became that was all I wanted. I knew then I had a big problem and did not know how to stop. My husband had also been a drinker but he stopped a few month prior to me. We had started going regularly to a local Christian church here and meet some of the most wonderful people there. I literally broke down one day and prayed so hard for the drinking to end after finishing all my beer for the day. I went to bed and got up the next day and it was like I had change somehow over night. It was gone and has stayed gone. I really hope and pray for you's that you can find some way to end your's also. Where ever that may be or however that maybe. It truly is the best feeling in the world to be rid of that part of my life. 

I watched my dad drink more and more, substituting it for food and nutrition, until it made him sick and addicted. We had a family intervention, which made him furious, but eventually he got on top of it - mostly. It had killed his father and brothers. Nature or nurture; i don't know. He grew up drinking coca cola and I always wondered whether the sugar addiction just morphed into alcoholism.  

Congratulations Debra— a real victory! 

Thank You Kenna Morton 

Debra, good work!  

Don't have wine at home. Stop buying it. Good luck! 

Fabulous work Debra.  

Thanks everyone for your comments.  

I’ll have a three glass evening very occasionally. I drank a lot when I was single and in the service overseas. Now I usually leave alcohol alone since I don’t like the taste, the effects, the calories, or the expense. 

There is always the ice cube tray and cooking to finish off abottle