Any Body watch Oprah yesterday? What did you think?

I am sorry but I don't think we all jump from one addiction to something else. Look at ourselves before surgery. If you were an addict then yes it will cross over. I think WLS gets a bad wrap alot of the time just because people don't educated themselves before they fire off their opinions and now it is being implied on Oprah that after surgery we will all become dope heads, alcoholics, or addicted to secrete multiple affairs and being very dangerous with sex. I love oprah but this was not what I expected. Again WLS is getting a bad wrap. Jane

I agree! What about those of us who have taken up healthy addictions like exercise? For me it's swimming and knitting!

Well I for one do not believe it!!!!! Instead of drinking why not work out? So many others things one could do besides become a drunk. I feel this woman had very deep troubles that were kept hidden for a very long time. Some people just need a excuse for the bad thing, they by their own choice chose to do.

I couldn't agree more. Like Carrie said, my new addictions are healthy ones. I love working out, shopping, doing crafts, etc. Some people just love to have opinions, I think.

Hi Jane,i no i watched that show and when i couldnt sleep back in oct when i had a hernia that was causing me pain,i went into the cabinet and got out some vodka and took a drink and about 10 min later i was asleep,so for that whole mo i drank every night until i would go to sleep, and i new i had picked up a new addiction. So my daughter who has been going to church for 3 yrs without me came in and said mom you are not suppose to drink,i just blew her off. Well that week her pastor came on a thrus and he said samantha wants her mom to be HEALTHY!! And i looked at him with tears in my eyes. I Knew i was causing her pain for her to go to the preacher.Well as of Nov.27 06 i layed down that bottle and i have been standing by my daughter that is 11 in church every sunday.It took my 11 yr old to show me the way i need to be going in,i do have ups and downs but i no nothing in my life would be any better with the vodka. But this is one example of how it can get out of hand........How have ya been doing Jane.......i miss you all posting lol............Vickie

Hey Vicki, Thanks for sharking. I am great. No problems. Weight stays the same. Wearing 8's and I have 3 pair of 6's that fit. I can't believe it, you all didn't hear me screaming down in your neck of the woods. I saw that you are still batteling. I am so sorry. I pray for you everyday. But spring is coming and maybe everything will get on track. We are all doing great. The other three are MIA most of the time. I get on everyday and look things over. I just don't have any thing new to post. Oh well, so glad to hear from you. You take care. Jane

I have wanted to change addictions but don't like to drink, to expensive to do drugs..but I think I will look into the secret multiple affairs. did I just ruin my image..?? I don'****ch Oprah and will not due to her one sided information about WLS...I actually don't care what she or others think of my decision, there is only one person I did this for and that's me...do you know how many docs feel the same way she does?? Ask your surgeon, he can tell you how others feel about the job he does..he gets a bad rap too..This is the reason I am so outspoken about WLS ...screw em!!. (can is say that here?)..no matter what Oprah thinks, she doesn't rule the world!!! lol

Hey Brenda, I feel just like you do. But all four of my doctors are for it. My family doctor is young and very over weight. He said people will never understand it until it happens to them. How right he is. But I am another doing it for me no one else.

Well, seriously there is data stating that "some" people do change addictions and alcohol seems to be one of the top choices.. I read somewhere that food addiction has always been a womans "addiction"..simply because in the olden days..(yes even before my time) women stayed home and took care of the family, the one thing she had to use as a release was food..so it was accepted and thought nothing about. However, if a woman went out drinking or even stayed home drinking it was awful because she is the "wife and mother"...how sinful was it for the man? well he was just being a "man"...ahhh hum. Poor guy had so much stress....Has time really changed? today, more and more folks are realizing that there is such thing as food addiction and we could never simply push ourself away from the table..As my PCP would tell me oh to frequently.. I am one of those folks that has a true addiction...it's difficult to manage some situations as the one I am dealing with now..my father is dying, it's the most difficult thing I have ever had to face or watch.. I find myself eating or doing other little things obsessively.. I am sick with a kidney infection right now but still worked out at the gym for two hours..I have been called a lone ranger by my therapist because I have this need to deal with things alone..the prime example was my time In the hospital..I got yelled at by some of the folks I supported during WLS surgery because I told no one I had problems. I don't like to be the burden and I am very much one who likes to be alone..I rarely tell those I am close to what I am feeling so they just think I have a screw or two that needs tightened when I drive them crazy with this obsessive behavior... Now I need to go eat a candy bar...NO NO NO just kidding..!!!!!!! One thing I have to tell myself is to take care of me..I forget to do that all to often .. Have a great night! Brenda

I speak from experience on this subject. I use to drink very heavily and for extended periods of time. When I got my DUI and decided to stop drinking, I did it almost overnight. IT is the only time my willpower has succeeded in anything that I have done. It probably helped that I picked up a new addiction of working OT at my job. For the next 2.5 years I averaged 72 hours a week. Certain time frames I actually had 84-96 hours a week during the really busy times. I had one week over a 100 hours. I used the working of the OT as a means of me not going out with my buddies at work. Also to help pay my fines. It progressively got worse as the months went by, but no more drinking.