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I know this post was quite a while ago, but, how are you doing? Well, I hope.

On 4/21/2022 at 9:46 AM, Creekimp13 said:

I totally agree. ANY addiction can be a "transfer addiction" and this surgery physiologically changes not just your body but your brain. I never had an issue with alcohol, drank at home, and certainly not alone. I'm 3 1/2 years post-op and became an alcoholic maybe a year after surgery. NO ONE warned me of this, which, I think, is outrageous and negligible. Considering all of those pre-op classes, you'd think that would be brought up somewhere.

Congrats on kicking the addictions @Creekimp13 👏

Wishing everyone the absolute best on their journies. 🤗

ANY addiction can be a transfer addiction after a bariatric surgery messes with your food addiction. About a year after surgery, I noticed I liked to go gambling more. (not an insane amount, but instead of going maybe once every three months or so and taking $50, I was going maybe twice a month and taking $100. One month, I went once a week) I'm thrifty, so I noticed the casino losses in my budget right away and said....oh, hells no, this has to stop. So, I quit gambling entirely. Dodged the bullet on that one, thank goodness.

But....of course.... that void looked for another way to rear its head.

I started buying way too much **** on Ebay and Amazon. Late night purchases. Ugh. When I identified that issue....I quit, and promptly started hitting thrift stores and buying too much crap. Just kept swapping out one source of instant gratification for another....kinda like food.

Addiction is a real thing. And finding healthy ways to deal with that need for instant gratification (and the hidden **** that drives it) will always be something I deal with.

Very often when I hear people talk about regain... they will beligerantly insist that they don't have problems with food addiction or disordered eating. And I always think....oye. This ain't gonna end well for you.

Admitting you have a problem is the first step, imo. And I know that sounds cheesy...but it's true. You need to get your head around your blind spots and confront them. Understand the behavior so you can change the behavior.

I'm 4.5 years out, maintaining my weight loss (very proud of this)....but more aware than ever before how food addiction has impacted my life and my habits. Also, more aware of what drives my addictive behaviors.

Still workin on it, man it's hard! Parts get easier, parts get harder. Just gotta keep fighting the good fight:)

On 2/26/2018 at 5:50 AM, heyprofessor said:

Adele. All the time. My students, cashiers, strangers. I say thank you! She's a doll!

You do!! She's beautiful and so are you.

I feel the same way - let's get this going! I have an endoscopy in a week, then just the nutritional classes to complete. I think it's actually a good thing that there is time needed to accomplish everything because there is so much to know about and absorb - it's a bit overwhelming.