I wonder if this has happened to anyone. I used to be able to drink alcohol. I had stuff going on in my life that I couldn't handle and I started drinking every night.Whiskey and coke. I didn't get drunk, just enough so I could stop thinking and go to sleep. But after awhile I started earlier in the day, and I was hiding it from my husband.I'd brush my teeth and gargle with mouthwash when he was on his way home from work. Could've been a huge problem (my dad was an alcoholic). One day however, I woke up and I couldn't stand the thought of alcohol. It made me so sick to my stomach that from that day on I can't bear the thought of taking a drink. Weird huh? This all happened 4 or 5 years ago. My dr. is perplexed, doesn't know what would cause this. Sometimes I think it's so ridiculous, that I make a drink and force myself to take a sip, and sure enough, have to throw it all out. Just wondering if it's happened to anyone else.I used to be a pretty big drinker myself but not in the last few years. I am not sure what would cause an all the sudden illness towards it though, maybe it was a physiological thing and deep down inside you thought you might be getting addicted like your dad so your body made a defense against it? Just throwing out a thought! Could be Michele. The mind is powerful. Thanks for the thought All I have to say is congrats to all of you for being able to quit. That's awesome. Look at the positive side of it miles. You no longer drink and your body is so much better off because of that.
Binge...I wish my body would do the same with smoking!!!
Me too Gram!Hi miles. I used to drink quite a bit in my younger days. I played pool on leagues and of course we'd go from bar to bar on different weeks. It was just what we did. If you're in a bar, most likely you drink.
About 14 years ago (has it really been that long?), my doctor told me that I had a blood problem than can be caused by alcohol. That was about the time my back problems were becoming quite serious. He didn't say to quit drinking, just try to cut back. Well, I just stopped, and haven't been able to stand the taste of alcohol since. Turned out, it wasn't the cause of the blood problem, but I'm glad I stopped anyway. Funny how our minds can have that control over our bodies. My husband pretty much stopped with me. He seldom drinks at all anymore.
The same thing with smoking. Five years ago, I went to see a new neurologist/pain specialist for my neck/back. She thought fusing my neck might be possible at that time, but told me that the bones of smokers just don't fuse right. She said I had to stop smoking, which I did with the help of Wellbutrin. Again my dear husband stopped with me and neither of us had smoked since. By the way, they were unable to fuse my neck because it is in such bad shape. But 2 years ago, I had a lumbar spine fusion, which was pretty successful. The fact that I wasn't smoking anymore really helped.
I'm sorry this is so long
I don't think there is really an explanation for it. I'm just glad my poor, old body decided it didn't want this anymore. My Dad was an alcoholic, too and smoked 4 packs a day. He died in 1967 at the age of 52.
Hope everyone has a good day. Be well.
Nini
I DRINK SOME COLD BEERS NOW AND AGAIN. NO PROBLEM USUALLY One of the reasons I quit drinking was because it would bring on my lupus. I had no idea what was going on at the time, but am I glad I quit. It's amazing how our bodies can speak to us.
Cathy...when I would drink alcohol it would make me ache something fierce and bring on a flare. Hmmm and to think...I thought it was just my body being weird as usual.
I don't even have one drink anymore because it just isn't worth it to me to ached for the next few days. I think I am the only one in the bar sometimes having ice water lol.
Gramma - at the very end, I would drink, and this horrible chemical taste would start in my mouth, then I would blotch in terrible yellow and red patches all over my face and throat and chest in the classic lupus "wolf" pattern. I had no idea I had lupus then, but it made me quit drinking and I haven't drank in 16 years.
On an even weirder note, years later I was watching a rerun of Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard. The scene at the hotel, and she takes a glass of white wine and drinks it? Well I used to drink white wine (wino), and as I watched this on TV I could taste it while I watched her drink it on screen. I didn't think anything about it, but about 20 minutes later that chemical taste was in my mouth, and I went into the bathroom, and I had a faint outline of the yellow and red patches again - and I HADNT TAKEN A DRINK, just WATCHED IT on TV. I was flabbergasted. We know nothing, nothing.
Thanks for all the replys. Thinkthinn, I wish I could take credit for listening to my smart body. I only stopped drinking because the alternative was throwing up
I am amazed when I hear of someone who stops smoking. That's supposed to be the hardest addiction to stop. My dad stopped drinking and smoking at the same time because he was dying. The last couple of weeks before he went to rehab he couldn't hold down anything but water. We thought he was going to die. He decided then that rehab was his last chance and he went for 30 days. My mom had to mortgage the house. He hasn't smoked or drank alcohol for 29years.
Grammaskittles, I was like you. The last time I drank probably a year ago.....I drank one beer and my body had some fierce aching going on. Like you said....start of a flare. I haven't had a drink since. Doesn't even sound good.