Good morning/afternoon/evening all.
I’ve been reading some of your stories, they are all so inspirational.
Looking for a bit of advice, I’m on my second day and I cannot stop eating! I even woke up in the middle of the night and made beef stroganoff!
My belly feels empty all the time, is this normal?
Hello @Porcha, welcome! Alcohol was my DOC and I too had an insatiable appetite! Its pretty normal. There’s a lot of changes that happen during the first month or two, it’s all part of the process, just roll with it an you’ll be fine!
Thank you for your reply, I made up some healthy snacks to pop in the fridge so I’m not eating too much sugar although I have went through a whole packet of chocolate digestives already today
Hey there! Congratulations on your sobriety! What an amazing decision to come to. For me it helped to really commit to “allowing behavior” as long as it wasn’t drinking/using. If I wanted to veg out and binge watch Law and Order being of no use…I did it!!! Felt like eating rice with Parmesan, lemon and peas for three meals in a day??? I went right on ahead. Trying to “get everything right” was simply not an option for me when I started out. If I could do JUST ONE thing though (not drink or use) then I was doing AMAZING stuff. The quantity of ice cream that I consumed in my first 18 months of sobriety FAR surpassed what I had eaten in the previous 34 years and that was ok! I have since addressed and am continuing to address the role that food plays in my tendency to self medicate for comfort and escape…and it fees handleable and like something I really am ready to work on now. Hopefully some of this is helpful. Congratulations again!