Three months out and need to get honest

Thank you Liser, I truly appreciate your concern and your experience. I have already shared with my significant other. I have many resources available. I would likely go to AA or a therapist before treatment. We'll see n how things go. I'm not ruling it out, but at this stage I'm not at all convinced it's an addiction problem. I think I'm three months ito, I got complacent and maybe a little ****y. I went against doctor's recommendation and it hit me in the face. I'm proud that within a few weeks of drinking I've seen the errors of my ways and have made a plan of action. As I've said earlier if this is a challenge or a difficulty I will most certainly take additional steps. I want to be healthy. I derailed, now I'm getting right back on track.

I'm glad you're getting back on track. As you can see from personal experience, weight loss can be stopped in its tracks my drinking alcohol.

It sounds like things that might be soothing to your pouch would help. For me that took about 6 months to sort out.

Keep posting.

I was an alcoholic before WLS. I drank to not feel.

I do believe cross addiction is a real thing I just like to throw out here that I was a full blown alcoholic before. After surgery I didn't want to drink I wanted to be skinny. Then at three months i fell off the wagon and it progressed way worse than not was before surgery.

I am now getting my sugar cravings under control.

For me I know I never ever can drink again. One was never enough I couldn't stop.

Self reflection and honesty is one of the hardest parts of this surgery and personal loss and gain. You may have an addiction, or just transferring something that you feel you have control over.

Stop drinking, and see if it helps with your weight loss, and try to deal with what's in front of you. I know it's easier said than done, because I find myself in a natural state of flux often, and it's not pretty.

I hope you "putting it out there" helps you take it off and helps you heal what's hampering your success. Wishing you all the best!

I'm new here but this subject hits very close to home. In 1989 my sister had the old school gastric bypass at the age of 19. She had been big her whole life and after surgery she went buck wild. She was in college so drinking became a way of life for her. Long story short, due to the inability of her body to metabolize the alcohol, she killed her liver and we buried her in 2010 at the age of 39.

If there is even a hint of a problem, please get help before it's too late.