I got the kick I really needed!
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Milwaukee, WI
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I got the kick I really needed!
I have struggled for quite some time now. Sober a while then drinking a while and sober and while and then drinking a while. So on and so forth.
Well long story somewhat short... 6 years ago I had Type 2 Diabetes... lost over 100 pounds and the D went away. Since that time (and due to the drinking) I gained back about 50 pounds. I've been wanting to lose it but drinking and weight loss control don't work for me. I always get carb cravings when I drink. So this little nagging voice in my head was telling me that hey you've been eating poorly for a long time and drinking and what is your blood sugar like? I haven't been to the doctor and I haven't had a glucose meter or any of that stuff for years. Well you know where this story is going. I got myself a meter and tested and my BS was 268 last week Tuesday! I nearly croaked! I re-tested a couple of times and ran the control because OMG I couldn't have BS that high!!!!! Well, no fooling, it was like someone hit me over the head with a baseball bat. The leftovers of 2 bottles of scotch went in the dumpster and I immediately started on a food program that I know will help bring the numbers down. I'm giving myself a limited period of time to get my BS down where it should be and if I can't do it alone I will go back to a doc and get the pills but with the goal of losing the extra weight and going off the pills when a doctor tells me it's okay to do so.
So it's pretty amazing. I haven't had even the tiniest craving in 7 days. I just want to be healthy and booze and diabetes are not the best idea. But I'm not going to be silly... I know how those cravings can sneak up on me so I'll stick with this group and my online and face to face meetings.
Thanks for listening!
Well long story somewhat short... 6 years ago I had Type 2 Diabetes... lost over 100 pounds and the D went away. Since that time (and due to the drinking) I gained back about 50 pounds. I've been wanting to lose it but drinking and weight loss control don't work for me. I always get carb cravings when I drink. So this little nagging voice in my head was telling me that hey you've been eating poorly for a long time and drinking and what is your blood sugar like? I haven't been to the doctor and I haven't had a glucose meter or any of that stuff for years. Well you know where this story is going. I got myself a meter and tested and my BS was 268 last week Tuesday! I nearly croaked! I re-tested a couple of times and ran the control because OMG I couldn't have BS that high!!!!! Well, no fooling, it was like someone hit me over the head with a baseball bat. The leftovers of 2 bottles of scotch went in the dumpster and I immediately started on a food program that I know will help bring the numbers down. I'm giving myself a limited period of time to get my BS down where it should be and if I can't do it alone I will go back to a doc and get the pills but with the goal of losing the extra weight and going off the pills when a doctor tells me it's okay to do so.
So it's pretty amazing. I haven't had even the tiniest craving in 7 days. I just want to be healthy and booze and diabetes are not the best idea. But I'm not going to be silly... I know how those cravings can sneak up on me so I'll stick with this group and my online and face to face meetings.
Thanks for listening!
Sorry to hear about the sugar levels rocketing. Well done for dealing with things so quickly 
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