hi guys, before my surgery 2 months ago i was an alcoholic. i kept this even from my doctor. a friend of mine from work informed me that certain draught ales with widgets had low carbination. i have been cheating a bit and even had hard liquer a few times. my surgery was 8 weeks ago, what kind of damage can i be doing to myself? any bad stories to tell?

just a follow up to you guys: i am 6 weeks without a drink :-) . super hard but i did a chemical dependance program through kaiser. had an impatient and outpatient program. i currently go to aa and i have a sponsor. last straw was learning my bilirubin was elevated, thanks for the encouragement!

Great news about the six weeks. I'm pulling for you and so are many others here!

Congrats Scotty. Just keep doing what your sponsor says. Be willing to try anything.

So happy to hear this.

just a follow up to you guys: i am 6 weeks without a drink :-) . super hard but i did a chemical dependance program through kaiser. had an impatient and outpatient program. i currently go to aa and i have a sponsor. last straw was learning my bilirubin was elevated, thanks for the encouragement!

Well done! Rootin for you here also!

just a follow up to you guys: i am 6 weeks without a drink :-) . super hard but i did a chemical dependance program through kaiser. had an impatient and outpatient program. i currently go to aa and i have a sponsor. last straw was learning my bilirubin was elevated' date=' thanks for the encouragement![/quote']

Congrats! I'm so happy to hear this. Just keep stepping, one foot in front of the other. We're all here for ya brah.

Awesome Scotty! Being sober can be tough early on, I'm so glad you got support. It gets better. It really does. Hang in there.

Congratulations Scotty!

Congrats, keep up the good work!

Awesome job! We're all rooting for you to succeed, you know that, right? :-)

_{when you were drinking after sleeve how did you stomach feel...???}

_{when you were drinking after sleeve how did you stomach feel...???}

Are you asking the op this????

Last summer, my drinking was reaching epic and incredibly disastorous proportions, so I checked myself into a treatment facility. Now, I have an AA "homegroup" that I regularly attend--not because I'm in a state of crisis anymore or because I've "sunk so low," but instead because I really like the people there and find it to be a great place of support to talk about all kinds of things.

I suppose what I'm saying is that I go to AA meetings voluntairly because I enjoy them, not because I think there's something "wrong" with me or that I'm a "bad person" or anything like that. And sure, they help keep me sober, and I know that's important to me for many reasons.

Prior to last summer, you would have NEVER found a person less willing to have anything to do with AA than a guy like me, but now I feel bummed if I have to miss a meeting I like. This summer, I got the VSG. So I suppose for the last 2 summers I've worked on an "upgrade" of sorts.

I just realize I'm in the mens room .. Hahaha I'm lurking

That's ok pretty smile, you are welcome,lol.