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Mavis · 08-07-2007, 10:31 PM

Hello everyone.. I have never posted on this site before. I usually stick to "Friends and Family" forum. I have a question about sugar, chocolate, coke-a-cola..
My Husband is an addict of many sorts of drugs. (Tylenol 3's and 4's, codiene, alcohol, speed, and any over the counter meds.) He has a ritual of chocolate and coke. (pop) He has these unusual sugar fixes through out the day, night, morning. He goes through a 2L bottle of Coke a day! and various chocolate bars, HUGE bowls of chocolate ice cream and candies. What is going on? Is his addiction making him crave sugar? When I ask him, he laugh's at me about it. Mind you, he denies his drug addiction all together. (hense our seperation.) At this point, I guess I am curious. I alway's wanted to know, and would appreciate any knowledge of the situation. (If there is a situation with sugar) lol...

igetallnumb · 08-07-2007, 10:42 PM

I found this on a website for you hope it helps a little...

One of the things that can easily induce a craving for alcohol is low blood sugar. This can occur after a ‘rush’ of simple carbohydrates (sugar, processed wheat etc.), blood sugar levels quickly increase, then decrease again just as sharply.

It can also occur if you haven’t eaten anything for a long time - so don’t let yourself get too hungry!

The craving comes about because your body associates drinking alcohol with lots of quickly available carbohydrates, and that’s what it asks you for. So the one thing you need to do when you’re cutting down your alcohol intake, is keep your blood sugar levels fairly balanced.

You can prevent the low blood sugar, and hence the craving, by not eating so much sweet or processed food. Eat more fibre-rich whole foods, like wholemeal or granary bread, muesli or granola, fruit instead of chocolate (sorry!). And don’t forget those sugar-packed fizzy drinks, they’ve got to go too.

So next time you get a craving for alcohol, eat something instead - you’ll be amazed at how quickly that craving disappears. Just make it something healthy though, OK?

northbelle · 08-08-2007, 01:36 AM

I crave...I eat...I definitely have low blood sugar and sometims I really crave sugar..my teeth paid the price too ..but if I have my choice..heroin or chocolate..I choose chocolate!!! YEAH!!!

Christian · 08-08-2007, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Mavis

Hello everyone.. I have never posted on this site before. I usually stick to "Friends and Family" forum. I have a question about sugar, chocolate, coke-a-cola..
My Husband is an addict of many sorts of drugs. (Tylenol 3's and 4's, codiene, alcohol, speed, and any over the counter meds.) He has a ritual of chocolate and coke. (pop) He has these unusual sugar fixes through out the day, night, morning. He goes through a 2L bottle of Coke a day! and various chocolate bars, HUGE bowls of chocolate ice cream and candies. What is going on? Is his addiction making him crave sugar? When I ask him, he laugh's at me about it. Mind you, he denies his drug addiction all together. (hense our seperation.) At this point, I guess I am curious. I alway's wanted to know, and would appreciate any knowledge of the situation. (If there is a situation with sugar) lol...

http://www.plosone.org/article/fetch...l.pone.0000698

sugar is more addictive than cocaine

08-07-2007, 10:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mavis Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Edmonton AB Posts: 285	Chocolate?? Hello everyone.. I have never posted on this site before. I usually stick to "Friends and Family" forum. I have a question about sugar, chocolate, coke-a-cola.. My Husband is an addict of many sorts of drugs. (Tylenol 3's and 4's, codiene, alcohol, speed, and any over the counter meds.) He has a ritual of chocolate and coke. (pop) He has these unusual sugar fixes through out the day, night, morning. He goes through a 2L bottle of Coke a day! and various chocolate bars, HUGE bowls of chocolate ice cream and candies. What is going on? Is his addiction making him crave sugar? When I ask him, he laugh's at me about it. Mind you, he denies his drug addiction all together. (hense our seperation.) At this point, I guess I am curious. I alway's wanted to know, and would appreciate any knowledge of the situation. (If there is a situation with sugar) lol... __________________ "We must not stay as we are, always doing what we did the last time, otherwise we become sticks in the mud" -George Bernard Shaw-

08-07-2007, 10:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
igetallnumb I pulled off your wings ... Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: United Kingdom (Im already there in mind) Posts: 475	I found this on a website for you hope it helps a little... One of the things that can easily induce a craving for alcohol is low blood sugar. This can occur after a ‘rush’ of simple carbohydrates (sugar, processed wheat etc.), blood sugar levels quickly increase, then decrease again just as sharply. It can also occur if you haven’t eaten anything for a long time - so don’t let yourself get too hungry! The craving comes about because your body associates drinking alcohol with lots of quickly available carbohydrates, and that’s what it asks you for. So the one thing you need to do when you’re cutting down your alcohol intake, is keep your blood sugar levels fairly balanced. You can prevent the low blood sugar, and hence the craving, by not eating so much sweet or processed food. Eat more fibre-rich whole foods, like wholemeal or granary bread, muesli or granola, fruit instead of chocolate (sorry!). And don’t forget those sugar-packed fizzy drinks, they’ve got to go too. So next time you get a craving for alcohol, eat something instead - you’ll be amazed at how quickly that craving disappears. Just make it something healthy though, OK? __________________ You Soft and only You Lost and lonely You Just like heaven

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08-08-2007, 01:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
northbelle Dopeless Hope Fiend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: anchorage Alaska Posts: 2,503	I crave...I eat...I definitely have low blood sugar and sometims I really crave sugar..my teeth paid the price too ..but if I have my choice..heroin or chocolate..I choose chocolate!!! YEAH!!!

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