Hi Geez, I too used to cope with light drugs and booze in my teens and 20's. Food too, for a much longer period. And in the past year or so I started wanting to drink at home alone, which I never had done before. My husband makes wine and I started getting into it more and more until it was becoming a problem. But I scared myself enough with one incident that it made me quit.

You are exactly right that old habits can be hard to replace. I occasionally do get the urge to drink or overeat still, as a way to escape painful feelings. Sometimes it is so hard to not give in, but of course after the "buzz" is gone, everything just feels worse, with a higher hill to climb.

It sounds like you have lost a lot of weight. Congratulations! That is a very hard thing to do.