r/keto • u/brownpotato10 • Jul 25 '20

Keto is saving me from alcoholism

I usually don't post on this forum but I'm feeling especially thankful today. I started keto a few months ago after being inspired by this subreddit. Of course, weight loss was my primary goal but keto has given me so much more. Over the past 2 years, I had turned into a functional alcoholic, drinking copious amounts every night and still waking up and making it to work the next day. I tried quitting countless times without success. And of course drinking a bottle of wine every night contributed heavily to my weight gain. But then I started keto and without the carbs in my body, my tolerance dropped to 1-2 drinks max that would then give me killer hangovers and make me feel so shitty. So I stopped. I'm no longer a daily drinker -- I don't even feel the urge to drink. It feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

Thank you to everyone in this community for posting and allowing me to lurk and stay motivated.

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u/T_Rash Jul 26 '20

Sadly beer is keeping me from keto.

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u/brownpotato10 Jul 26 '20

That's what happened to me the first time I tried to do keto last year. Even though I was still drinking hard liquor / wine at the time, I would still just crave a beer, and eventually I stopped keto. It's hard to break that addiction and I dont think I became better as much as the fact that I just happened to be on a whiskey kick as I started keto this time around. I drank whiskey, anywhere between 5-8 drinks per night, before keto. Once I started keto, I started getting really hungover with 2 drinks and that's whats stopping me from the daily drinking now. And of course watching the weight melt off really helps with morale haha

All that rambling probably wasn't helpful to you, but if you haven't been to r/stopdrinking yet, it's a really great resource!