sugar addiction

[Bramble2000]

Hi, I gave up drinking 790 days ago and I’ve developed a major sugar addiction instead. I’ve put on 4 stones. How i get out of this? 🫤

[Cb1963]

Hi bramble, I don't know if it's a common traight with people who give up drinking seek a sugar rush to help overcome the alcohol when it's missing from people's diet or perhaps its a change of age and medication or lack or exercise, or a combination of all these things, however I will give you a bit of incite that I was a " drinker " and I ended turning to full fat Coca-Cola, but I'm now approaching my 60th birthday and haven't really put much weight on , even though I haven't touched a drink for over 11 years, and throw in another factor here my medication actually causes suppression of eating, at the beginning when I was drinking way i was below my ideal weight and was probably around 9 stone, I'm around 14 stone at a guess these days , it's a vicious circle especially with weight, the more you put on the harder it's to shift, yes I'm partial to biscuits, sweets, and chocolate , I've now started with arthritis in both shoulders, and after being physically active most of my life this another health problem added to my health conditions, I don't know if family genes affect weight problems , as for trying to break the habit, perhaps get different types of freshly types of chopped bits of fruit up that you can snack upon, drink sparkling water, perhaps if you are drinking fizzy juice, I hope other on the forum give you some more advice, I wish you well, best wishes.

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