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How do you handle sugar, coffee and alcohol

Charlie Timm

Hi all, 

Honestly, I have a really hard time controlling my consumption of sugar, coffee and alcohol. Or alcohol was back when I did drink it - I've stopped completely since becoming a dad. 

However, coffee and sugar is exceptionally hard to me to control. 

So my questions are simple: 

1. Anyone else have the same lack of ability to control consumption these dopamin increasers?

2. Any experience of how to balance it?

I know that all kind of stimulus addictions are not neurologically dependent - but perhaps it's easier to relate to solutions from likeminded Slight smile

  • in reply to raspberrypie
    raspberrypie said:

    when i get to heaven (we'll pretend that place exists) they'll hand me a baguette (fresh, toasty, soft inside) and some organic butter (softened, but still kind of chilled), smile, and they'll say "in hell they're having roasted root veggies with some inferior balsamic vinegar."

    lol.

    JoyJoyJoy.

  • idk... at this point, for three years now i've kept strict tabs on everything i eat, and i intermittent fast. i was a sugar fiend as a child and young adult. i'm  a believer in the micro-biome stuff, that your internal biome affects what and how you eat. for the past few years i've been a fiend about trying to eat healthy. sugar and refined carbs are my main enemies. oh, that plus i hate veggies. i have to force them down. when i get to heaven (we'll pretend that place exists) they'll hand me a baguette (fresh, toasty, soft inside) and some organic butter (softened, but still kind of chilled), smile, and they'll say "in hell they're having roasted root veggies with some inferior balsamic vinegar."

    lol.

  • I abandoned all of those for one reason or another (although I do enjoy lots of tea!). I dumped sugary stuff because of diabetes. Coffee gets me *way* too buzzy. Alcohol I'll only use in cooking.

    For me, it was quitting cold turkey and not going back.

  • I also struggle with these, but even for neurotypical people these substances are highly addictive. For me the only way forward is to avoid them entirely.  I have tried limiting my intake but it is too hard.