Alcoholics on mounjaro

[ticklesmyback]

Started at 14 stone 13lbs
now at 14stone 0

the problem is I’m an alcoholic.
i have drunk every 3-5 days between injections and by drunk I mean a half bottle of vodka/gin and 2-4 cans of cocktails.
I never drunk at the beginning as I was determined to lose weight but the longer I go on the more I don’t really care about side effects.
BUT ONLY when I’m craving a drink. Most of the time I’m fine, I eat healthily I don’t crave alcohol but then bang! Something goes wrong in my day and I need to drink to cope.

is anyone else like this?

That sounds really tough.

What’s your thinking on tackling your weight rather than the alcoholism? (Or indeed any underlying cause of both?).

Half a bottle of 700ml gin/vodka?

Get some help from AA.

Switch to Wegovy, I’m day 86 of the year sober.

My desire to lose weight remains strong as I want to fight to get another medical problem sorted.

I did January as dry Jan - my mate donated some money to the alcohol change charity and I couldn’t bare to get his permission if I gave in and wanted a drink.

The longer I stay away from alcohol the easier it is getting.

Hi, I’ve name changed for this, I am also in the same boat. I drink wine though.

Dont want to say much else here. I am almost at a 3 stone loss since November, if you want to message me privately we could maybe support ourselves?

Maybe think about taking it every five days. I've managed to stop drinking completely on it and think it's been helpful.

@ticklesmyback - how long have you been on mounjaro - is moving up a dose a possibility? I am 12 weeks in and at 5mg and it has really reduced my interest in alcohol, when the effect wears off the cravings come back