A QUESTION FOR THE CURED

bob3d · **Posted:** Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:41 pm

Virginia wrote:

Here's a questions for all the cured...
Have you noticed that along with being cured, you've lost a significant amount of weight? It just seems logical that if the high numbers of drinks are reduced to low or zero that weight loss would follow.
Now that would be the icing on the cake

(Speaking as someone who carries 10 - 15 pounds more since my habit took over)

Unfortunately, I lost 7 pounds in 3 months, then stabilized. I say unfortunately because I was borderline underweight as it was and now I am officially underweight. Yes, the loss of about 8000 calories per week caused the initial loss of weight, but then the Ben & Jerry's "Cherry Garcia" ice cream took the place of those lost calories.

I agree with Nick. We tend to replace the lost calories with other foods.

Bob

mclanet0326 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:49 pm

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But I didn't really WANT the beers nor did I enjoy them as I would have gleefully pre-TSM. As the night went on I noticed how visibly drunk the majority of the patrons were at this bar. Literally half of them were stumbling drunk. Pre-TSM I would have not noticed them because I would have been one of them. I had this weird feeling that I was present, but I was watching myself from outside of my body. And when I watched the drunk people, I was grateful not to be one of them. It was almost comical, me, the regular drunk, feeling critical of other drunks around me. Anyway, I hung out with this woman and it was ok, but she was getting pretty tipsy herself. Pre-TSM I would have insisted on shots by the end of the night and I'm sure she would have happily accepted the offer. In sharp contrast, Naltrexone Nick had two bottled waters. So my question is this: did any of you have a sort of gradual feeling that you were falling out of love with alcohol? Or was it more of the light-switch phenomenon?

Nick,

That was much the same as my experinece - it was gradual. I used to love going to sports bars, drinking beers, eating wings, and talking sports. I began to notice several weeks back that the "love" began to diminish. I was able to sit at the bar and watch the folks do shots and get progressively wasted. Over the next few weeks, the cured just happanned. I went to the bar last night, but my heart was not really in it. I had dinner and few pints of beer. I left rather quickly (in contrast to the old Tom) and realized it was ok, not the great fun it used to be. My wife and kids are away for the weekend. 6 months ago I would have been in a bar drunk heading for big trouble and a killer hangover when I got home (if I got home). Instead I am sitting here posting and wathcing a crappy movie AND, I am quite content. I have no cravings and I know I will wake up tomorrow morning sober, in my own bed. Life is good. Rick, you are getting there. Keep taking the nal and keep drinking and you will be cured.

As for the weight, I have been losing about a pound a week for the last 6 weeks. I am drinking less, eating less unhealthy bar food, and since I'm not always drinking or hungover, I am able to exerciser regularly.

Regards,
Tom

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minneapolisnick · **Joined:** Tue May 19, 2009 2:17 pm **Posts:** 1793

Yes, I shudder when I think of how many times I acted drunk and offended someone and didn't even know it, 99% of the time. I do remember one time specifically when I was wine tasting in CA with my ex, and we were by the pool drinking wine. There were kids around and I remember specifically some parents being visibly scared that our drunken behavior was some sort of threat to their kids. Eeessh. Five years later I still feel embarrassed/ashamed when I think of it. I love kids. It makes me ill to think a reasonable person thought I could be some sort of threat to their kids.

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