Increased Risk of Alcoholism Linked to Bariatric Surgery

Magnolia
on 7/14/12 1:32 pm - Philly, PA

http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/07/08/increased-risk-of-al coholism-linked-to-bariatric-surgery/41307.html

veranda
on 7/14/12 10:14 pm

It is so important to work on the addiction issues surrounding being obese because after surgery we are at a high risk to switch addictions (ie. alcohol/drugs, shopping, exercies etc.)

Carol S.
on 7/18/12 12:34 am - Milwaukee, WI

RNY on 09/08/03

I'm a recovering alcoholic although I struggled mostly with pain pills which only came up after surgery. I tell all my friends who have WLS what happened to me and quite a few of them have caught it early, ie. coming down with kidney stones and liking the Percocet a little too much etc. All we can do is pass the word.

Carol

SW/276 CW 150 GW 185

9 Years out.