I got weight loss surgery in April and was losing weight so well until i decided to have a few drinks. Now it feels like I can't stop. My biggest issue is that my roommate won't stop bringing home alcohol and i always cave and drink. I'm really hoping i can stop. The empty calories are making me gain the weight back and make me snack too much. UGH. Tomorrow I'm trying to stay strong and refuse to drink. Any advice out there?
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Hi! I had weight loss surgery in 2021, I had lost over 100 pounds. In the beginning of 2024 I started drinking regularly, this made my weight jump back up into the 300’s. I had worked SO HARD to never see that number again and yet there it was. Since I stopped drinking 64 days ago, I have lost weight, felt better and I don’t regret it one bit.
The alcohol is so not worth it. Your health and happiness is!
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What's more important, you stop drinking or you having roommate that brings alcohol home all the time , sometimes there are hard choices we have to make , people places an things , it's up to you
13 years sober I gained 60pounds relapsed and lost more then 60 pounds back on the wagon and I'm doing and feeling good about my weight and self. I used food to cope I feel I'm at a good place now.
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I think it’s time for a new roommate
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Thank you Bethany. Its really comforting to hear from someone else who's had the surgery too 
Thank you, the hard part is that the roommate is my kids' dad, we are on a separation trial but in the same house for our kids. It's just hard to know what to call him lol. It's definitely a complicated thing.
The roommate was my partner and we have a home and kids together. We're newly separated but co-parenting in the same house for our kids. I wish it was that easy.
Your kid's dad should be ashamed of himself for not supporting you in your journey and you can't let him get away with it. If you do, the weight will come back, the years will pass and you'll be left cleaning up the wreckage.
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I didn’t want to sound harsh. The only way I would have survived is leaving your normal People, places and Things is not a suggestion it a must. Good luck to all Loosid family
Wow , I understand your situation , if you can make as many meetings as you can an read your literature an also pray , show yourself that you can stay clean an sober but you'll have to work on it God bless you , I'm here if you ever need to talk