Guest guest Posted July 19, 2002 Report Share Posted July 19, 2002 Hi Group, I am coming out of lurk mode for the moment. I noticed that when the protein stuff came up, Vitalady asked something like " if it was an MRP? " It's been a super long time since I have read the graduate list and obviously am not up on my information. I would appreciate any responses to this...doesn't have to be fancy or long..whatever you think will answer my question. Also, as far as the whole protein thing goes...I do 5 shakes a day, pretty much eat whatever I want, and have been anywhere from 120-134. (Went on medication..lovely side effect of weight gain.) Anyway I am 2 years out...5'4. Now to switch to a completely different issue that I have never seen discussed. I am curious about the whole alcohol issue. I am an alcoholic. When I had the surgery I was told that my body would not tolerate alcohol in any form. So being the good alcoholic and having the good codependent husband, we thought to ourselves....hmmmmm...no more risk of traumatic events or treatments....YEAH! After surgery I started having " sips " of my husbands drinks..because hey the doctors told me I couldn't tolerate the alcohol so it wouldn't hurt to have a few sips when we would go out. Sips eventually became my very own drink...and then became drinks...and then guess what? I started the long and disatrous road of alcoholic insanity again. Besides my drinking wreaking havoc with my marriage...the fact that I was 120 lbs. and " cute " and heres the biggie...tons of attention from men. I am sure many of you have heard the stats (or rumors..not sure which) concerning divorce after WLS. That issue is horrible enough on its own and then to add alcohol to the mix...you start talking about death...of you and everyone around you. I have been thinking about posting " part of my story " but just never could think of things to say or fear of what people would think. Well it occured to me that nobody knows anything about me except the justme_51570@.... Basically I am invisible. BTW when I was 120 I was drinking at least a 12 pack and smoking almost 2 packs of cigarettes every day. Go figure...beer is made out of corn and barley ...and guess what they use to fatten pigs? Same mixture..pre wls...fat...after wls I swear it made me get thinner. And through all of this I was taking 5 protein supps and all of the vitalady regimen for vitamins. Because I was going to get healthy...ha ha...Shows you how insidious alcoholism really is. Anyway enough rambling. Thanks for listening..and if anyone has an alcohol problem..don't play with fire..you will get burned, even after WLS. Sorry, just thought of one more thing to tell you. After an 8 month separation my husband and I are back together and I have been sober from both alcohol and cigarettes for almost 6 months.. May not seem like a long time to you guys, but its the longest period of sobriety I have had since I was diagnosed 7 years ago. For those of you familiar with AA philosophies I reached my bottom and had the ever elusive " spiritual awakening " . Hope maybe this helps someone to be cautious. Thanks for letting me share. With warm regards, justme : ) __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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