Hi, Dear.

Aside from the obvious -- that wine is not only bad for the alcoholism, but it reduces your inhibitions so that it's harder to avoid that binge -- I can only offer this piece of advice: hie thee to a Registered Dietitian yesterday.

Yeah, those ADs can pack on the pounds, and a lot of doctors still practice the time honored tradition of blaming the patient, but an RD can help you figure out a way to minimize the gain, and maybe lose some. Also, the RD can just act as support to you specifically around the weight issues. You know that I'm in a boat in that same ocean, even if it's in a different current, and the RD I'm seeing is without a doubt the most central figure in any sort of recovery I'm doing.

(Oh, and I've fallen off that wagon lately -- and am still packing on the pounds. Methinks Cymbalta is going to turn out to be a pound packer...)

You know you have my full support, so I'll just close here.