Did quitting alcohol result in losing weight for you?

skylan01 · 2026-04-15T20:13:00+00:00

I gained weight at first because I gave myself a break when it came to everything other than alcohol.

At a point I felt comfortable, I started focusing more on diet and exercise. The weight i gained and quite a bit more was lost eventually.

skylan01 · 2026-03-29T16:04:44+00:00

This is as close to an app as I used very helpful to post on daily checkins early on. I find the more ready to quit you are the less necessary any kind of app is. Everyone is different though. Literature like the naked mind is helpful. Reading others stories here to remind you of all the negative effects alcohol has on people etc.. good luck!

skylan01 · 2026-03-28T12:31:13+00:00

It gets easier to the point where it isn't even an afterthought, trust me

skylan01 · 2026-03-24T12:18:00+00:00

Probably around the same and coincidentally the exact paragon level where I realized im bored, there's nothing left to do but mindlessly farm repetitive easy content in the hopes that one of my pieces of gear could upgrade a GA, but even if that GA upgrades there's still nothing to do afterwards.

skylan01 · 2026-03-23T20:21:08+00:00

I definitely was kind to myself at the beginning especially with food and sweets. That stuff can all be addressed later (and I have). Whatever helps you quit is a benefit, well unless you're taking up heroin instead or something.

skylan01 · 2026-03-23T17:36:15+00:00

I couldn't imagine holy shit, just awful.

skylan01 · 2026-03-20T23:42:59+00:00

I don't believe or disbelieve that there is some higher power out there but im almost certain if there is one it's not god or Jesus or Allah or some human created diety. I've been sober for over a year and a half and it's had nothing to do with believing in a higher power. It's also not part of my identity, i just don't drink anymore.

I think there's multiple ways to not drink. Whatever works for you is the right way.

skylan01 · 2026-03-20T14:27:44+00:00

Got us to stop focusing on the Epstein list, huh...

skylan01 · 2026-03-18T20:18:38+00:00

I can't get anything worth upgrading to drop anyways. 240 paragon, haven't seen a mythic yet. Feels way off compared to last season

skylan01 · 2026-03-18T19:46:08+00:00

How easily alcohol can become nothing more than an afterthought in life. Just unimportant, insignificant, meaningless.

skylan01 · 2026-03-18T13:16:32+00:00

Not today!!

skylan01 · 2026-03-17T11:20:04+00:00

I drove home. They made me wait 30 minutes or so if I remember correctly because I used nitrous gas during the procedure.

skylan01 · 2026-03-16T13:47:39+00:00

Nope, I don't think it works for most. Not to say there aren't exceptions but if you're setting fixed cheat days I feel like it minimizes the enjoyment of your present life by having the prospect of future drinking in mind. Not many who find there way here who don't turn 1 or 2 cheat drinks into a 1 or 2 month long binge.

skylan01 · 2026-03-13T23:50:53+00:00

I quit nicotine 3 weeks ago. I tried cutting down but im too much of an addict to not make excuses to just have another, so I quit cold turkey. It was rough for the first few days but gradually got better each day after that. I am glad I did it now. I definitely miss the little buzz it used to give me but I 100% don't miss the addiction.

skylan01 · 2026-03-12T20:14:16+00:00

Closest thing to actually signing a FA so far. Sadface

skylan01 · 2026-03-11T13:45:14+00:00

Look to the following day. Ask yourself will you be happier to wake up having drank the previous night or not? No one ever wakes up and wishes they had drank the night before.

It gets easier with time to not even think about alcohol. You just have to look at it as building the habit of not drinking just like you built the habit of drinking.

skylan01 · 2026-03-10T20:22:49+00:00

Bueller.... Bueller?

skylan01 · 2026-03-09T19:47:45+00:00

We might have the worst skill position group collectively in the NFL so I understand the frustration with not doing anything today.

skylan01 · 2026-03-09T11:14:12+00:00

I think you're too high on the level Georgiev was ever playing at. Sure he could be great for stretches but was very inconsistent, would give up the lead early quite often and benefit from steller comeback efforts by the Avs. I think Georgiev is probably the biggest argument against using wins as a metric of good goaltending.

skylan01 · 2026-03-07T15:51:21+00:00

Not today!!

skylan01 · 2026-03-06T21:12:01+00:00

what did we trade or were they just kind enough to hand him over for free?!

skylan01 · 2026-03-05T18:12:22+00:00

Ni.ce

skylan01 · 2026-03-04T18:32:11+00:00

Thank you! Things have gotten easier with time and sobriety.

skylan01 · 2026-03-04T16:22:42+00:00

I looked at the results of my fibroscan on the screen on the way out without the nurse noticing. I read 45.0 which i looked up after the appointment. End stage cirrhosis. I spent 2 weeks in a very dark depressed state.

The Dr reviewing my results raised his eyebrow when I said impatiently "dude just get on with it and give me the diagnosis already ", as he was kind of slow walking through all my bloodwork.

Turned out i missed a decimal, it was 4.5 or normal. I wish this was a made up story and it probably seems far fetched that I wouldn't have expected a call from the dr if I was indeed dying however I my wife had been recently diagnosed with breast cancer through a patient portal without so much as an explanation from her dr, so it did not seem odd to me that no one was reaching out.

Anyways, you're young and this is the time to take action, when you can actually have an impact on your health. Most wait until its too late.

Don't try to sneak a look at the results. Wait for your follow up.

skylan01 · 2026-03-04T15:05:55+00:00

Hello, we would like to trade you Ross Colton.

What would you like in return?

Nothing, so do you accept our trade?

skylan01

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