Walter.Sobchak

I am looking for advice, I am 16 months out and on New Year’s Eve I ate 4 hits of acid and an 1/8th of magic shrooms and I smoked like 3 blunts of some dank azz chronic and I blew a bunch of lines of cocaine and I bonged like 14 beers and today I feel like sh*t. Did I damage my sleeve?

Coke is like this, you will feel fantastic for like an hour and then you have to do more, I was starting to use coke in addition to my drinking when I finally hit bottom and got sober.
I am an alcoholic to the core, so I simply have to abstain from drinking. Having said that, I am an addict too and cannot use any form of drug or I will abuse it even something as simple as Benadryl. I will abuse anything that makes me feel good, hence my food addiction. I am a food addict and that is what led me to getting up to 440 pounds. Food was the only thing I had left to abuse. I was 9 years sober when I got sleeved and 3 months after getting sleeved I relapsed and almost died. Like literally almost died, my wife had to call 911 and I had to be taken to the ER. Why did this happen? I didn’t protect my sobriety and once I couldn’t abuse food anymore my alcoholism and drug addiction came back with a vengeance. I am sober today by the grace of God and very fortunate I did not die the night I relapsed.

No worries mate.
I am very open about my alcoholism and drug addiction. I forgot to mention I do work a program of recovery and hit one AA meeting a week.
I also suffer from Major Depressive Disorder and OCD, I find its better to be open about these things as maybe my experiences can help others.

Can we all just agree that kale sucks? No matter how you prepare it, it still sucks.

Coke is like this, you will feel fantastic for like an hour and then you have to do more, I was starting to use coke in addition to my drinking when I finally hit bottom and got sober.
I am an alcoholic to the core, so I simply have to abstain from drinking. Having said that, I am an addict too and cannot use any form of drug or I will abuse it even something as simple as Benadryl. I will abuse anything that makes me feel good, hence my food addiction. I am a food addict and that is what led me to getting up to 440 pounds. Food was the only thing I had left to abuse. I was 9 years sober when I got sleeved and 3 months after getting sleeved I relapsed and almost died. Like literally almost died, my wife had to call 911 and I had to be taken to the ER. Why did this happen? I didn’t protect my sobriety and once I couldn’t abuse food anymore my alcoholism and drug addiction came back with a vengeance. I am sober today by the grace of God and very fortunate I did not die the night I relapsed.

If the OPs intent was to find out about drugs affecting the sleeve, I would say the two biggest to worry about would be weed and alcohol. Once your stomach is reduced in size, I have heard the alcohol hits you way faster and way harder. Weed would of course make you get the munchies which could lead to overeating and making yourself sick or stretching your sleeve. I can’t see any other drugs really causing a problem. Then again, anything you have to swallow could be a problem benzodiazepines and opiodes things of that nature.
Here’s an idea, don’t do drugs and you will be fine.
If you drink, limit it to 1 or 2 drinks and stop.
There, I have solved this problem for everyone.

No worries mate.
I am very open about my alcoholism and drug addiction. I forgot to mention I do work a program of recovery and hit one AA meeting a week.
I also suffer from Major Depressive Disorder and OCD, I find its better to be open about these things as maybe my experiences can help others.

Bring it fool.
I ain’t scared of you.
I would literally rather eat dirt than eat kale.

Coke is like this, you will feel fantastic for like an hour and then you have to do more, I was starting to use coke in addition to my drinking when I finally hit bottom and got sober.
I am an alcoholic to the core, so I simply have to abstain from drinking. Having said that, I am an addict too and cannot use any form of drug or I will abuse it even something as simple as Benadryl. I will abuse anything that makes me feel good, hence my food addiction. I am a food addict and that is what led me to getting up to 440 pounds. Food was the only thing I had left to abuse. I was 9 years sober when I got sleeved and 3 months after getting sleeved I relapsed and almost died. Like literally almost died, my wife had to call 911 and I had to be taken to the ER. Why did this happen? I didn’t protect my sobriety and once I couldn’t abuse food anymore my alcoholism and drug addiction came back with a vengeance. I am sober today by the grace of God and very fortunate I did not die the night I relapsed.

That is an amazing transformation. Keep it up.

-Food is not your friend.
-Food is not a reward.
-Food is not an escape.
-Food is not a drug.
-Food is not a treat.
-Food does not comfort you.
-Food is not a celebration.
-Food is simply fuel for your body and nothing more.
The sooner you accept this, the better off you will be.
Sadly, I am still trying to convince myself to believe these statements.

Ha ha ha. Dont worry plenty of people will be on here soon to tell you that you arent really hungry it is all in your head. It is just head hunger, feel free to tell those people to f**k off. I was starving the morning after surgery. Once you are able to take in puree and soft foods you should start to feel better.

Ha ha ha. Dont worry plenty of people will be on here soon to tell you that you arent really hungry it is all in your head. It is just head hunger, feel free to tell those people to f**k off. I was starving the morning after surgery. Once you are able to take in puree and soft foods you should start to feel better.

Thank you, I appreciate that. It is very hard, now that the "honey moon" phase is long over with. I can pretty much eat anything I want without any major issues. The restriction is still there to a certain extent, I cannot eat nearly as much as I could before surgery but more than I could post op.

I am right there with you guys. I have gained back 25 pounds of the 110 that I lost, it is just a series of ups and downs. Some days I do really good and eat really well, other days I am the same food addict I always was. I do not have any advice for you as to how you can be successful you are going to need to figure that out for yourself.

I am looking for advice, I am 16 months out and on New Year’s Eve I ate 4 hits of acid and an 1/8th of magic shrooms and I smoked like 3 blunts of some dank azz chronic and I blew a bunch of lines of cocaine and I bonged like 14 beers and today I feel like sh*t. Did I damage my sleeve?

I stalled for about 4 months and have since started gaining weight back. I have put on 20 to 25 pounds in the last 6 months. It is not a good feeling to regaining weight after having weight loss surgery. I am trying to remind myself why I had the surgery in the first place and everything I put my body through after surgery, hoping that will get me back on track. I have also found a local OverEaters Anonymous meeting however I have not attended yet.

What about inches? Have you lost inches? Have you been measuring yourself to see if you are having any success there?

Walter Sobchak is a character from The Big Lebowski. One of my all time favorite movies. John Goodman portrays him and should have won an academy award for how well he plays the part. He is a Vietnam veteran with serious PTSD and just an awesome character.

-Food is not your friend.
-Food is not a reward.
-Food is not an escape.
-Food is not a drug.
-Food is not a treat.
-Food does not comfort you.
-Food is not a celebration.
-Food is simply fuel for your body and nothing more.
The sooner you accept this, the better off you will be.
Sadly, I am still trying to convince myself to believe these statements.

What about inches? Have you lost inches? Have you been measuring yourself to see if you are having any success there?

What about inches? Have you lost inches? Have you been measuring yourself to see if you are having any success there?

Those are slider foods, they won’t make you feel restriction. Once you can eat dense Protein you will feel it. I dare you to eat some chicken breast and see how you feel. Once you are cleared for it of course, I don’t want you rupturing your staple line. Everyone feels the same way right after surgery. I went through it as well. Hang around here long enough and you will see other noobs asking the same question and saying the same things about restriction.

I understand, that is why I wrote it. I find myself being guilty of all the things I mentioned. After a 40 hour work week I feel like I owe it to myself to eat something to "reward" myself. I want pizza or junk food or the like. I am recovering alcoholic and addict, I am sober today. Food is the only thing I have left to abuse. The sleeve has definitely helped me in the sense that I cannot eat as much as I used to, but the mental obsession to eat is still there. Before sleeve surgery I estimate I was taking in roughly 8000 to 10000 calories a day. I typically take in about 3000 per day now at 18 months out, I realize that is too many calories and am trying to get it under control and starting to walk as a form of exercise.

-Food is not your friend.
-Food is not a reward.
-Food is not an escape.
-Food is not a drug.
-Food is not a treat.
-Food does not comfort you.
-Food is not a celebration.
-Food is simply fuel for your body and nothing more.
The sooner you accept this, the better off you will be.
Sadly, I am still trying to convince myself to believe these statements.