Sugar Addict

Recovery
#1

Ever since I stopped drinking, I crave sweets. For you old timers, will my cravings stop eventually?

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#2

My DOC wasn’t alcohol but I’m eating a handful of mm’s as I’m reading this so I want to know as well

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#3

Hi Chuck,

Yes, craving sugar is normal. Our brains crave the dopamine "Rush" that alcohol provided. Our blood sugar also is affected when we remove alcohol from our body. I'll be 5 years sober in a few weeks and I still crave sugar. Not like I used to but I do get my cookies, cakes and soda in, especially during down time.

#4

Oh no! Well, it’s better than drinking.

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#5

I ate so much sugary food it made me sick enough to see a doctor... 3 years in i have a focus on eating organic whole foods and using herbs as medicine so yes it passed for me. Old timers lol

#6

Alcohol wasn’t my first choice but when I was detoxing from drugs, yes the sugar cravings were so bad, I could barely eat anything else. Once I started getting to a point of getting healthier it’s gone down. Look into Vitadone if you’re having trouble. It also helped me when I first got detoxed. Good luck

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#7

Yes
I am eating cookies like crazy
But I don’t care
I’m not drinking and after decades of abusing my body
So if I’m now addicted to sweets I’ll take it
I don’t want to drink anymore and what helps that I’m good with

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#8

Same here. I rather deal with cavities :tooth: than dealing with alcohol withdrawals. Lol

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#9

Thank you

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#10

Thanks

#11

My sugar cravings took 8 months to go away. Wonderful job on your sobriety!

#12

Well, I have two more months to go. I just had an apple fritter. Lol :joy:

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#13

I been sober for a while and like my sugar. Alcohol is just fermented sugar

#14

You just have to control how much you feed the desire

#15

Id say that's a pretty good trade

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#16

Sugar is the root of so many issues. Once removed, we crave.

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#17

Not an old timer but love the sweets

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#18

In my first 2 years, my saying was, "Better fat, than drunk!"

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#19

Some try but end wit a bigger piece of the pie so like they say no one ever got pull over for fat driving so a few extra pounds is normal for those thats spent weeks months even years getting loaded wit substances but they got suger free its sweet too and some even o to low in calories just to put that out there ... so no worries ..

#20

Thanks! But no sugar free. Yuk lol