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Transfer Addicition

So far so good. I will be happy if I can just get back to having a drink on a Saturday night. But going to try and give it a miss this week just incase it tempts the taste buds too much.
The plan is to have nothing till next Saturday x
 
Alcohol really does creep into your system doesn't it? I had a similar problem and found myself drinking every day. To date when I think about it in relation to long term health I have been able to stop myself and after a bit of a try managing not to then drink, often for a good while. BUT this is where I think my problem lies in that if I start I then drink regularly again and to my alarm notice my intake steadily rises. So much so that it worries me into stopping. As much as I don't want to never drink again I am starting to feel that may be the answer for me as once started I seem to get increasingly out of control with it. I am not roaring drunk and no one is using the 'A' word here but I am fast coming to the conclusion that although the level of my drinking is not such that most people would describe it as alcholism I sense that it may be, This is despite the fact that I am never at any point out of control or falling down drunk but rather in the sense that its leads to wanting more and more over time and gets difficult to be without. Sorry using the rambly example of my transfer addiction to say weigh up where you are and then decide re drinking at any point as one may be one too many as a trigger to put you back to square one. I'm not embarassed to recount my experience but inside I do feel ashamed to have experienced this second example of an addictive personality that gets out of control in the same way as my eating did. Luckily this time I can stop completely, pity you can't do that with food.
 
Well done happy! Recognising that we have a problem and taking steps to try to nip it in the bud gives back a measure of the control we feared we'd lost.

Let's face it, booze is very more-ish! And it gives a nice buzz. When you've had surgery to limit the amount and type of food you eat, it must create a 'gap' of sorts; at certain times during the day and evening you probably used to snack, and now, you don't. But it had become habit and the body 'wants' something to replace the lost nibbles. One glass of wine so easily becomes three, doesn't it? Goes down a treat, too!

I find evenings hard even now because I have a low boredom threshold. A lot of my old snacking behaviour was habit; when I am bored or restless I want to eat. It's like an automatic response and whilst I know it isn't so-called 'genuine' hunger, it sure feels like the real thing!

So I am guessing that you experience the same habitual desire to treat yourself and, since you are no longer turning to excess food, the wine 'steps forward' to take its place.

By dealing with this so openly (and bravely!) and by making up your mind to avoid booze until your regular Saturday night out you have taken back your control. Well done! Now, as you say, you just need to find something to keep you occupied at certain times every evening!
 
happy days said:
So far so good. I will be happy if I can just get back to having a drink on a Saturday night. But going to try and give it a miss this week just incase it tempts the taste buds too much.
The plan is to have nothing till next Saturday x

Well done!

I have a family friend that just stopped overnight, much as one does smoking. It's hard but possible to be stronger than the dependency.

Anna xxx.

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Thankyou so much for all the support and comments etc.
It's early days but I really think I've cracked it think I just needed to break the cycle. It's just getting to the witching hour now so iam going to go on line and book next years holidays. That will keep me busy.
 
I noticed when i was on holiday my gambling addiction that i had in my teens was creeping back. This happens every holiday but when i come home it stops so i know i'm in good control of it. My biggest problem was being in control of my drinking, not alcohol but higher caloried drinks as i can no longer have diet coke so i replaced it with orange juice. Need to learn new habits as old ones are very hard to break but with be worth it in the long run.
 
I think transfer addiction could be a problem which results from some degree of boredom or through not knowing what to do with your hands.
A person gives up smoking and starts to eat more instead and so gains weight.
gives up eating more either thru diet or wls and starts to drink more alcohol.

I think it is very important to find something else to do with your hands instead of lifting them to your mouth.
I find that my hand to mouth addiciton is always in the evening sat in front of the telly and so I now do things to keep my hands busy. I have started knitting again, learnt how to do patchwork, various other sewing projects, make my own cards.
Some people are not interested in crafts so chose instead to maybe give themselves a manicure, pedicure, facial etc.
You have to change that hand to mouth routine and make alcohol an occaisional treat instead of a routine everyday occurance.
Sorry for rambling and good luck x
 
Iam pretty much sorted. Back to drinking on a weekend. Occasionally I've had a glass mid week but no where near the slippery slope I was heading for.
Thanks to everyone who replied
 
Well done mate. Keep it up xx
 
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