Anyone maybe have emotional issues so they drink and now they have gained weight as a result and its msking said issues worse? Really trying to control this i am so tempted to drink right now but i look at myself and i have become a mess im so unhealthy. Need to keep reminding myself of my goals
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Omg yes! would binge drink beer on weekends and smoke weed to top it off. Putting on like 30 lbs or so. Seeing constant results now is what keeps me motivated. Not back tracking all the progress done by messing it up on weekends. You got this!
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@Ericka.celeste1 thats great have you stuck at it long? Ive been drinking a lot during the week so even once a week would be a re improvement for me!!
No drinking,smoking for a month and a half. I have gone this far before but I changed things up a bit to not set myself up for failure as quickly. This app helps tremendously. Cut ties with drinking buddies (as hard as that was) seems like when you keep declining weekend drinking events they kinda dissapear as well. Bought a bike and fell in love with bike trails. Way more outside activities it’s what is doing it for me this time.
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But I think you are doing great. Small progress is better than staying still. We are all here for encouragement when you feel you need support.
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The hardest part is separating from drinking buddies. Before I went full bore alcoholic I was in great shape. Since then I’ve gained almost 70lbs but the way I look at it, if you can gain it you can lose it.
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Yes! I’ve been drinking for about 3 years and I almost weigh 250 pounds, I weighed maybe 215 a year ago and I blame my drinking on most of that weight gain. Im 3 days sober and I’m going to be weighing myself daily. My goal is to be 200 pounds. That’s 45 pounds goal. Motivation and strength is what we need! I hope you find that strength to stay sober. 
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Yes!! I binge drink then binge eat! It’s disgusting. I’ve easily put on 10 lbs in the last 3 weeks of intermittent binge drinking, eating crap food and not going to the gym. It’ll take at least a month to get the weight off but the gym helps alot. I binge drank from morning until passing out for 7 days this last run. I’m on day one of complete sobriety after weaning for 2 days. I’m so ashamed. I hate this disease so much.
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@Ericka.celeste1 i have gained more weight than you mentioned but i have cut down on alcohol a bit i just need to stick to it. I have also quit smoking and with that there is the danger of eating more. I would really like to make it a full week without getting drunk. Weekends are really tough though
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@Eric_Anthony_Spicka also 3 days 
@Oliverjava interesting thanks for the reply didnt think it would have such a dramatic effect i was maybe drinking 10 beers on my own 
no more of that!!
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@MrsS good for you in your 2 days im on 3. But allready feeling so much better and actual proper sleep!!!
Thanks. I feel better than yesterday, much better than the day before that. Still bleary eyed. Didn’t sleep well last night.
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My overall health and weight were big motivating factors for getting sober. I’m 25 days in (and counting!) and feeling SO much better. I had been drinking for 17 years when I quit and was drinking every single day for most of that time. In the end, I was drinking at least a dozen or so shots a night with a sugary chaser. Ugh. I can’t even believe it now. All those empty calories! I’m feeling much better now and my eating habits have improved as well!
Stick to it!
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I’ve never been a binge drinker, but I did the math and I was consuming between 1,125 and 1500 calories a day on wine! No wonder my weightloss plateued then started slowly going back up despite my diet not changing. I’ve had one 4oz drink in the last 7 days and as of this morning i’ve lost 6lbs! And I ate a HUGE burrito last night!
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