Originally Posted by hendershot

I gained weight. I eat a lot more now, in part to combat urges. I think more people gain weight than lose it, generally. It kind of depends on your drink of choice though. If you were drinking tons of beer a day then yeah you will lose weight like automatically. I was more of a hard alcy person. And if drugs are part of your story, like me, then that will make a diff. too. You don't do a lot of eating tweaked out on uppers. If you are just a pot-head on the other hand. . . So I think it really varies person to person. It's great when you can say recovery led you to get healthier and take off some extra pounds. But it shouldn't be the selling point. I would rather be a fat f--- sober than a skinny a-- drunk.