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Originally Posted by dovecottage
I wemt to my local hospital and told them I was drinking too muc which was leading me to having bad thoughts and severe anxiety. I went directly to the hospital re hab where I remained for 28 days. I received therapy both group and individual inaddition to attending AA meeting per day I have stayed sober and continoe to live a sober lifs. Good lucj.. Linda
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Wow, way to go. Kudos to you.
Unfortunately my friend never did stop drinking. She chose a FORCED way to stop. She is also overweight. Last week she had Vertical Sleeve operation in which they remove 85% of your stomach.
It's a MUCH more severe operation than the lap band. She will not be able to eat anything more than a protein shake and some jello for quite some time.
When she told me she was doing this I said "but since you can have liquids, why won't you think you will still drink"?
She said: "oh no, you can't drink alcohol, you'll throw up"
So it's been 7 days since surgery, she can't eat, (don't really know if she's doing the wine thing because after all IT'S A LIQUID).
But at least she did SOMETHING.
Thanks so much for all the replies I got.
And kudos again to you for what you did. May you continue your sobriety.
I myself battled weight gains and losses for most of my life.
I finally got that under control.
Best thing I ever did.
Take care