Transfer Addiction Forum

I just learned about this Forum today.  If you find you are drinking more than you did before your surgery, you may have a transfer addiction.  Come join us to discuss this, and other issues related to food addiction as well.

http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/crossingtotransferaddiction s/discussion/

Hugs,
Trish

Just this week saw a post in another forum from a woman who became an alcoholic post rny....and a second who became addicted to painkillers. Very scary stuff. Both described it as happening VERY fast and becoming VERY serious.

Thanks Lynn.  My relapse was worse than ever, after RNY.  I got drunk on one drink, and found I was able to consume a huge amount of wine when I was in relapse.

I had a harder time kicking it with just AA this last time.  I needed professional help, and ended up needing to sign myself into the psych ward, and from there, I went to the rehab.  All in all, I was inpatient somewhere for 19 days.  Thank God I stopped, and have not had a drink since. 

Hugs,
Trish

At some point while I was drinking, I bought a breathalyzer.  I found that after one glass of wine, I was TWICE the legal limit.  How scary is that?  Alcoholism after rny took me down fast and hard.  Within 3 months of drinking, I knew I had a problem.  It took a couple of years trying various things to finally take AA seriously and stop drinking.

Thanks for posting cross addiction is pretty bad for RNY. Believe it or not we have at least 4 post ops in our program that became heroin addicts

Thanks Nicole.  I believe you about your clients.  The month before I was admitted to the psych ward, I was abusing Vicodin, prescribed for pain, and washing it down with alcohol.  It was not pretty.

Hugs,
Trish

Thank you for posting the link, Trish.  I am co-leader of the Transfer Addiction Forum and post there pretty regularly.  I know we have several lurkers, but not a lot of posting.  It's a sensitive subject, but one that should never be ignored.  I developed alcoholism after surgery.  It took me two years to get 90 days sober. Now I have 9 months.  Transfer addiction is the story of my life, and now I am once again working on my food sobriety.

Hi Jill,
I understand that transfer addiction is a sensitive subject.  Having spent 21 years in AA, and many of them also in OA, I like to think of the addiction being to anything, unless I have a program of recovery.  When I first got sober in AA, 20 years ago, I gained 100 pounds in the next twenty years.  Even in OA, I could not get that aspect of the program.

Without understanding what was at the root of my behavior, and having done the 12 steps, I am hopeless of ever overcoming my food or alcohol addictions. 

I gave up six years of sobriety after my surgery.  I was not working my program, and had never done the 12 steps completely. 

I hope this helps someone who is confused and needs information on transfer addictions.

I could really use some help, support, advice, whatever on transfer addiction.  I have only recently realized how bad I have gotten with drinking.

Hi KimmyToo,

This thread is years old and no one is going to see your post for help.  We have had many members that have went through what you are.  Here is a link to some articles we have.  

http://www.obesityhelp.com/articles/?s=transfer+addiction

http://www.obesityhelp.com/articles/?s=alcohol

Also please post this on our main forum http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/

There are several members that have posted they are struggling and or conquered this issue.

Good Luck to you and stay in touch!

Regards,

Kathy

ObesityHelp