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Hi Joe -
I want to put something out there
and hope you'll follow up on the reading -
there was an Oprah eposode a while back (like over a year)
where she had three women on the show
who'd each had the bypass surgery and lost weight.
one became a drug addict
another became an alcoholic
the third became a sex addict.
I think you'd benefit from watching that program
I can't remember but I think there's other references for help
on the show as well....
The angle I'm seeing this from is -
since you said your wife had had bariatric surgery
abnd then went into a long thing of why she's drinking
the simple truth is -
an addictive personality ... is what it is LONG before it becomes a substance.
And as far as getting to meetings...
you've obviously got a computer.
both Alcoholics Anonymous AND Soberrecovery ...
hold meetings online.
So that's not really an excuse any more....
My point is -
this is obviously something in the personality
that's been this way for a lifetime.
First manifesting itself as overeating.
Now it's manifesting as alcoholism.
She sounds like someone who needs a good bit of support and help and understanding.
i hope you'll try to get there.
I want to put something out there
and hope you'll follow up on the reading -
there was an Oprah eposode a while back (like over a year)
where she had three women on the show
who'd each had the bypass surgery and lost weight.
one became a drug addict
another became an alcoholic
the third became a sex addict.
I think you'd benefit from watching that program
I can't remember but I think there's other references for help
on the show as well....
The angle I'm seeing this from is -
since you said your wife had had bariatric surgery
abnd then went into a long thing of why she's drinking
the simple truth is -
an addictive personality ... is what it is LONG before it becomes a substance.
And as far as getting to meetings...
you've obviously got a computer.
both Alcoholics Anonymous AND Soberrecovery ...
hold meetings online.
So that's not really an excuse any more....
My point is -
this is obviously something in the personality
that's been this way for a lifetime.
First manifesting itself as overeating.
Now it's manifesting as alcoholism.
She sounds like someone who needs a good bit of support and help and understanding.
i hope you'll try to get there.
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Posts: 48
Barb, I have heard of that episode but have not seen it. There is debate right now about bariatric surgery and alcoholism. There is published data showing the absorption and metabolism are affected. There is conflicting evidence of increased alcoholism. The scientific community has not done enough studies to verify the role of bariatric surgery in alcoholism. RAW's psychiatrist is supposed to be getting me some journal publications. It doesn't take a creative mind to link excessive eating to excessive drinking though and I tend to believe the simplest answer is usually the best. Bottom line is the reasons why one becomes an alcoholic does not change the fact that to remain an alcoholic is a matter of daily choice. I am quite aware that all this talk of bariatric surgery may just be enabling.
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