Hi and welcome. You are still in your honeymoon phase so you shouldn't have that hunger cue yet. What it sounds like is that you may be dealing with emotional eating or eating out of boredom. For me, I had to put trigger foods up and out of sight avoid places that would trigger my desire to eat when not hungry. That happened to me when I started drinking socially and was out with friends at a bar. I attend a support group regularly and I have heard some people talk about redirecting their attention from the food to something else like drinking water, going outside for a walk or I think I have heard some women talk about painting. I myself have not taken up any hobbies since I was able to work through my regain issues that were due to excessive drinking. However I will absolutely take one up should I get to that point again.

The best thing is that you have identified that you are having issues now all you need to do is learn how to manage them to avoid regain and sliding back into old habits.

So very sad to hear this.

Your experience is pretty clear. It's not much different from the stories of my friends who also suffered from alcoholism for several years straight. The only thing that saved them was going to the places that saved them from alcoholism and helping them with depression treatment. These help centers always prove to be helpful, especially for those who suffer from addictions of all types. I think that in your case, this option will work great because alcoholism has several stages, and the sooner you turn to a specialist, the sooner you will be able to deal with it and get rid of the addiction.

I understand somewhat of all that you are going through. I hope things get better for you soon.

That just made me think of something .. do they give us (big) nametags to wear at the conventions? I can't really remember. If not, they definitely should .. Else how are we supposed to recognize each other (if new) .. ?