My excuses
Welcome Steer. Welcome Bushdrop.
I hope you find the support you need here- I've never been to an AA meeting, but it is my fear of meeting someone who is comfortable with this disease that would like come up to be at the local grocery store and say, "Hey! I haven't seen you at the meetings lately!" I'm sure that the AA veterans on this site can correct this stigma that I feel, but that's how I am.
This is YOUR way out. Not mine. Not your wife's way. Not your parent's. It's yours, so if this site is enough, so be it (it's working for me). I have not done the CD or the Topamax, but I've read the book and I'm now a supplement junkie. I take a Vitamin B complex, Calcium with Magnesium, Flaxseed Oil, Vitamine E, L Glut, Chromium, Selenium, and a "Liv 52" complex that I read about here.
The supplements help get your liver back to work. It's proven that alcohol interferes with the your liver's ability to break down foods into the necessary vitamins, so even if you don't suffer a physical addiction, the supplements help your body and your energy level.
Don't be worried if you start craving sugar- that's normal. It helps to have hard candy, tootsie rolls, or chocolate kisses nearby. Also, if you feel you need something to drink at night in your favorite glass, cranberry juice mixed with sparkling water and a twist of lime is a wonderful alternative that's good for you, too. :dancin:
Best wishes. You guys can do this! :cheering You don't have to decide whether this will be a lifetime commitment, or just a breather for 30 days. After 30 days, you can choose.
Bushdrop, there may be a day when you can split a bottle of wine with your significant other, but why don't you work on getting your body back into shape before popping open that bottle...
Welcome Steer. Welcome Bushdrop.
I hope you find the support you need here- I've never been to an AA meeting, but it is my fear of meeting someone who is comfortable with this disease that would like come up to be at the local grocery store and say, "Hey! I haven't seen you at the meetings lately!" I'm sure that the AA veterans on this site can correct this stigma that I feel, but that's how I am.
This is YOUR way out. Not mine. Not your wife's way. Not your parent's. It's yours, so if this site is enough, so be it (it's working for me). I have not done the CD or the Topamax, but I've read the book and I'm now a supplement junkie. I take a Vitamin B complex, Calcium with Magnesium, Flaxseed Oil, Vitamine E, L Glut, Chromium, Selenium, and a "Liv 52" complex that I read about here.
The supplements help get your liver back to work. It's proven that alcohol interferes with the your liver's ability to break down foods into the necessary vitamins, so even if you don't suffer a physical addiction, the supplements help your body and your energy level.
Don't be worried if you start craving sugar- that's normal. It helps to have hard candy, tootsie rolls, or chocolate kisses nearby. Also, if you feel you need something to drink at night in your favorite glass, cranberry juice mixed with sparkling water and a twist of lime is a wonderful alternative that's good for you, too. :dancin:
Best wishes. You guys can do this! :cheering You don't have to decide whether this will be a lifetime commitment, or just a breather for 30 days. After 30 days, you can choose.
Bushdrop, there may be a day when you can split a bottle of wine with your significant other, but why don't you work on getting your body back into shape before popping open that bottle...
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