I consumed 7,000+ extra calories per week in alcohol, or 28,000+ extra calories per month. I’ve come to the conclusion that I consumed approximately 1,000+ calories per day alone, in alcohol. It’s really impossible for me to give you an accurate accounting of the alcohol calories I consumed during my drinking days, but as I stated earlier, I averaged four large drinks per day. I hid the extent of my drinking as well as I could, but as my life began to evolve around booze, my health suffered because of it and I began to look like a drinker. I also drank it straight from the bottle to get an extra kick! I had once appreciated fine wine and champagne, but as my dependency grew, I no longer purchased wine to enjoy for its flavor. I prepared my cocktails in 16 ounce glasses with 4-5 shots of alcohol per glass.
I also drank 16 ounce cans served from a large glass with a tequila shot. The beer I drank was not low-calorie and I preferred pints to bottles. On average, I consumed 4 large drinks per day. Because I didn’t drink as much during the work week, but drank huge quantities on the weekend, I averaged out the numbers to cover the entire week. One day, I decided to sit down and add up the calories I consumed in alcohol on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. I had tried to lose weight many times before, but I refused to give up the booze, so I was unsuccessful. In order to lose the weight, I had to stop drinking. Over the course of about six years, I had gained 100 pounds! I depended on alcohol and other prescription medications to numb my senses and relieve the anxiety, fear, and worry that filled every cell in my body. I was just too busy caring for others who were ill and I neglected to make the necessary effort it took to care for myself. For me, it took a crisis which came to climax over several years of abuse and personal neglect, only to end when divine intervention stepped in and forced me to stop.įor several years, I let myself go. For others, the choice to correct certain aspects of one’s life comes with a price that weighs heavily upon the spirit. There are different reasons that individuals choose to change. Once I changed this fundamental aspect of my behavior, I was able to take the next step forward. As long as I continued to drink I would never control the path of my own destiny. Alcohol held me back from everything I had once been, and anything I wanted to become. The very first thing I had to commit to change about myself was to stop abusing alcohol and other drugs. Not to mention fewer kidney and liver problems.When I made the decision to transform my life and reinvent myself, I understood that it required the willingness and a desire to change everything. She shared that you can expect positive effects like, “weight loss due to the decrease of empty calories, better sleep quality, less fogginess of the brain and grogginess,” explains Dr. Nicole Swiner, MD, about the benefits of cutting out alcohol. After two months of not drinking, I retired my spironolactone prescription that I had taken on and off for about seven years.Īfter putting an end to something that had made me feel so bad for so long, I realized how much I enjoyed feeling good and uncompromised all of the time. I know that sounds really simple, but when you’re nursing a hangover three to four days a week, it’s a huge difference. But the first notable positive side effect was that every day I could wake up and actually do whatever I had planned. I honestly thought my depression would be cured and I was surprised that I didn’t see or feel that different. Initially, I expected my whole life to be totally different and that I’d feel like a new woman after a month of sobriety. It had finally hit me how badly alcohol made me feel. The first few months of my new zero-proof life were really propelled by the fear of this visceral experience.
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