Mackenzie Click-Mickelson
Chugging along the path of life
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- Oct 23, 2015
If you crave something because it's a substitution for something larger that becomes the issue.I don’t know if craving a drink means you have a problem. I crave chocolate and pizza and it doesn’t mean I’m an overeater. I do drink and crave a glass of wine or a martini after a stressful week, and I crave a good workout daily. Exercise keeps me off of antidepressants (which my body has a terrible reaction to). A drink a glass of wine once a week and a stronger drink on the weekends helps me decompress and relax. I don’t need it but I enjoy it. I think everybody is different but what you’ve described initially doesn’t raise red flags for me. I may have to go back and see if you’ve shared additional information in other posts on here after skimming a few responses.
If I craved chocolate whenever I'm stressed and ate chocolate all the time when I'm stressed instead of dealing with why I'm stressed..they call that stress/emotional eating-you're not using food at that point because you're hungry you're using it as a way to avoid/mask/deal with, etc things going on in your life.
In this instance the OP found alcohol helped cope with stress so in order to cope with the stress they crave the alcohol which gives them relief from the stress; It's a circle for which the root cause hasn't been effectively dealt with. Hopefully you can see the difference in you craving chocolate or pizza on any given night and what the OP is doing. It's not a simplistic "I'm craving...." that's the issue.