Anyone experience sugar cravings once becoming sober?

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#1

Anyone experience sugar cravings once becoming sober?

#2

Yes sugar craving doesn’t stop was eating chocolate everyday

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#3

Umm.. Yes! And at 4 years sober (clean) I still crave sugar. It’s totally normal. Alcohol turns to sugar when you’re drinking and when you’re not your body wants a substitute. Eat something sweet!

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#4

I had this badd for the first two months, but it has seemed to subside

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#6

When getting sober this is common. Why do you think they have candy at in person meetings? Lol. Eases ya out of drinking a lot of times. Better candy than a drink or drug. The body craves something. Sugar is a relief valve. After you’re sober for awhile those cravings get better. You’re normal.

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#7

Nope (sliding my hand into a bag of fun size Snickers).:stuck_out_tongue:

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#8

MmmmMambas!!!:joy:

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#9

Sugar and any carb boost the feel good, pleasure part of the brain. That's what you're looking for. It is normal. I put on 20 lbs on top of my not skinny self lol. It beats booze by a mile

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#10

Thanks for normalizing this. I've been eating Trix cereal like never before!

#11

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

#12

Congrats on your 4 years of sobriety! I cannot resist the sugar rush!

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#13

I've been trying to stick to eating sugar on only weekends as well. I've never been a sweet eater until I stopped drinking.

#14

I agree! It totally beats drinking.

#15

YES! Every night before going to bed I’m eating something sweet.

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#16

Same here!

#17

Yes. It’s the absence of the drug or alcohol. I’m not sure but I think alcohol becomes sugar once it hit the liver could be wrong

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