ARMY........Garrisson gates are open for the week beginning 25th May

[JackieClaire]

Evening lovelies,
Bless him..........the life of an alcoholic.....forever saying sorry.

[blueyes]

is it true we should stay away from sugar when stopping drinking?

[NoSugar]

is it true we should stay away from sugar when stopping drinking?

Hi, Blueyes and welcome to MWO. It seems that some people do better if they avoid it. That has been my experience, anyway, which I recently wrote about here.
Please let us know how we can help you! All the best, NS

[roxane]

ive just been reading up on Mesolimbic Pathway and a lot of scientific cited published papers came up....................anyway, sugar acts as a stimulator which is an alternative when cravings hit. but. as NS says, its not good in many ways as it keeps the cravings going longer term and for some actually causes them. for me it was sugar or alcohol, i gave up alcohol. sugar is a work in progress.


so. yes, and no. take your pick.

[roxane]

x post molly. ah cracks, yes. settlement cracks. sure there are those, these are new. tree man said it could possible just be the fact that we had a very dry spring and not particularly wet winter. i'll believe him la la la.

[roxane]

oh i do i do. strange though that apart from two window sills going wonky, the cracks are internal. like the centre of the house is sinking. eating jaffa cakes.

one thing i think is a good idea though is to definitely limit or cut out refined food such as ready meals and take aways. in amongst all the sugary stuff, if you can eat food which has had little done to it and few additives as possible it can only help.

[roxane]

night molly. nice to see you back :hug:

[JackieClaire]

Hello there Blueeyes,

Just get Molly back and she's off to bed.

I was away faffing on with my nails..........trying home removal of gel nails...............house honks of acetone and I should be as high as a kite.

[roxane]

im scared of those nails, heard horror stories about them.

[JackieClaire]

Only had them done a few times ..........our Tesco has a nail bar.

[roxane]

i really must live in the back of beyond, my tescos has a cobblers and................................thats it.

[JackieClaire]

It surprised us. The S&H's GF has just turned up........going to be sociable for a bit.

[roxane]

talk tomorrow.

[NoSugar]

I know I got a 'sweet tooth' when I quit drinking that I never had in my drinking days and tbh will indulge if I want to..... but yes --- if it's doable I would agree avoidance is best ----- let us know a bit about your self --- you're very welcome to this thread........

So good to see you and your calm, reassuring posts, Molly. You've been missed! And if its a choice of cookies or a drink, I bet just about everyone here (including moi) would say to go for the cookies. Like Rox says, you can deal with that later (and even if there are addictive properties of sugar for some people, it seems to be much weaker than alcohol - thank goodness!).

[JackieClaire]

Morning lovelies..............kettles on.