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Keegan2015 · Jan 17, 2016, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by cmorales

I am one of those people for whom withdrawals sucked. Back in 2007 when I chose to change my lifestyle and I quit drinking everyday (don't know if I qualify as an alcoholic but I was definitely a problematic drinker) and moved back in with my parents, it flung me into a pretty severe depressive episode - on top of the physical withdrawal symptoms of shakiness and feeling sick. I was laid up in bed for like 3 months.

I replaced drinking with exercise and lost a ton of weight (of course I gained it all back once I was put on meds that made me very lethargic and am now starting all over again), so I definitely think that's a good way for you to go. It will help to detox your body faster (or so I've heard), which should help with any withdrawal symptoms that may or may not pop up.

It might suck a bit sometimes but it'll all be for the best. Good luck with everything!

Thanks CMorales, yeah I think that "problematic drinking" vs. "alcoholism" (which has various stages) can be hard to differentiate between. I've actually found that the "way" I've considered myself an alcoholic as has evolved as I've aged.

Like for example when I noticed I was "partying" too much when I was like 19-ish. I would drink (way) more heavily than my friends, drink in situations that others weren't drinking in (for example, social functions for clubs I was part of), so basically it was ****ing up my social functioning.

Post-college years it's been that I clearly use alcohol almost exclusively as an escape mechanism. I don't really drink socially anymore, I have recently been having physical withdrawal symptoms, blah blah blah

Anyway, what meds were you on that caused the weight gain? I drank heavily before starting on meds last year and never gained any weight but was on meds for 6 months (Spring-most of the summer) and gained like 30 pounds. I feel fat and gross and am aiming to get back into shape starting tomorrow.