I had a couple drinks tonight for the first time in awhile while out with friends, which I really enjoyed. It was a nice evening catching up over a totally reasonable amount of food and drink — I feel really good right now. Satisfied but not over-stuffed.
However… I also absolutely want to go find a huge amount of sugar and keep eating, which is the first time THAT’S happened in awhile. Living where I live, the window to make that happen will last several more hours.
I’ve previously recognized triggers of stress and sleep deprivation in making me want to binge, and I’ve gone to great lengths to minimize those triggers in my life. But I hadn’t really considered alcohol since I don’t drink often anyway (maybe twice a month, 1-2 drinks), and even less in the last couple months now that I’m working with a caloric budget… frankly, I don’t want to totally cut it out. But I also don’t want to go nuts on 2,000 calories of cookies every time. (Even though at this specific moment I really, really do…)
Has anyone else wrestled with alcohol as a gateway to binging, and come up with any tactics to stop one from leading to the other outside of just cutting the booze? For my other triggers I’m better about just plain avoiding them, but I’d love some insight on working alongside this one instead of against it if anyone has any thoughts to share, and if it’s possible at all.
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