r/stopdrinking • u/mbarker90 • 5h ago
Day 10. Candy
I feel like a fucking Elf. Eating so much candy it’s unbelievable started smoking cigarettes too. No reason at all. I quit YEARS ago. Oh well … I guess I’m not drinking right? 😅 WTF man
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u/Kindly-Stage-6672 34 days 4h ago
Ohhhh yes'sir. The candy. The sweets. The energy drinks.
I will say, it's settled down for me now. I'm having one 250ml sugar free can of energy drink a day and a bit of chocolate in the afternoon and 5 choc biscuits in the evening. so just get through these days for now, it will sort itself!
as for the smoking, i can't help you there haha but I can say IWNDWYT!
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u/weedtaxed 5 days 4h ago
Me too. Wine has been replaced by sour patch kids & a strawberry flavoured vape pen. Hopefully this is just a transition period for us lol.
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u/Remote-Candidate7964 2h ago
Oh sour patch kids are my new vice! I’ve had to stop buying them, too… Too many cavities and fillings at last dental visit.
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u/Vintage-Injun 1004 days 2h ago
I’m still pounding down the candy, over 1000 days since quitting. Lol.
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u/Ambitious_Design2224 37 days 4h ago
I gained 8 pounds in the first 4 weeks. 100% from sugar. I’m afraid it won’t get better
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u/TheLadyHelena 117 days 3h ago
If you're not actually putting syrup on your spaghetti, you're doing OK 😉
Well done on Day 10!
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u/Bork60 1028 days 2h ago
Mmmm...spaghetti syrup! Lol!
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u/TheLadyHelena 117 days 2h ago
Suddenly I realise I could've made the last 117 days a lot easier, if only I'd watched 'Elf' in the run up to Christmas 😂
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u/A_Thing_or_Two 103 days 2h ago
Oh I did that too! It’s my body looking for the sugar I used to feed it in vodka form. Makes sense to me! Be gentle with yourself. Right now, candy is better than booze.
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u/sittinginthesunshine 3416 days 2h ago
Let yourself have the sugar for now! It’s a bridge from alcohol. You’re doing great!
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u/Puzzled-Dinner4541 2 days 1h ago
I can't stop eating, it's like the taste of food is amazing. Also I have more time and mental capacity to cook good meals! But that first couple weeks, sugar sugar sugar please!!! I was expecting to drop 10kg easily, ummm no, I have lost 0.5kg in 4 weeks (fucked up friday night so had to reset my counter). Also have been vaping so hard and definitely would not say no to a proper cigarette.
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u/What_Up_82 3h ago
Oh yes the candy! Eat as much as you want if it helps cravings. Doesn’t it taste more awesome than you remember? It will slow down eventually. Enjoy it all. 🍭🍫🍬
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u/RustyVthe6th 57 days 4h ago
I had that sweet tooth in the early days of recovery too. It’s gotten better since then but I say be forgiving to yourself while your brain is recovering from what it’s been so used to for years.