Lost Two Pounds (And I'll Never Drink Alcohol Again)

My friend’s scale said I lost two pounds. I know it’s water weight, however. I am currently going through an alcohol detox which has completely screwed my body up. Ever go through one of those after months of regular drinking? It sucks… migraines, water retention, anxiety, high blood pressure, heart palpitations…

However, with the agony I went through last night, I doubt I will ever touch an alcoholic drink again. Seriously. I’m glad I went through it – my drinking was seriously messing up my weight loss, not to mention just causing me to feel ill most days. Earlier yesterday (Wed) evening someone offered me a drink, and I was easily able to turn them down, based on the memory of my detox withdrawals.

I also went to the Oral Surgeon yesterday (Wed) and found out that I have a root canal/socket infection, which is what has been causing me slight facial swelling and some discomfort. So I will be on Amoxicillin for the next few weeks until I could afford to spend $1800 on root/gum surgery. Fun fun fun! Actually the root/gum surgery alone doesn’t cost that much – I’m also getting my other two impacted wisdom teeth out and being put to sleep.

My low carb diet was blown to smithereens on Tuesday day when I woke up with the worst headache in the history of mankind… I was forced to guzzle gatorade and eat crackers all day long. Both are no-no’s on a low carb diet. So I’m back to square one. But I don’t care, dammit. I’m finally alcohol free.