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Originally Posted by biscuit
I so appreciate you words of encouragement. Just knowing others are and have been
where I am. Doggygirl wonder if others have done the atkins/al thing to extreme? Southernbelle47 you made me tear up a bit and then laugh (about the 40 y/o) !  Thanks Biscuit |
Hi again biscuit - sorry to be so late with a reply!!
I've never seen any formal surveys or studies on Atkins/al connections, but here are some opinions for whatever they are worth!!
I doubt very much that low carb eating (Atkins or any other LC plan) creates problem drinking just because there is room for a moderate amount of AL on the program. I DO think for problem drinkers like us, we see a "diet" plan that includes even a small amount of room for AL, and the addicted Beast in our heads gets VERY excited that "diet" won't = "no fixes."
This is sort of unrelated, but the topic of diet and AL made me think of a funny story from my teenage years. I was a waitress in a restaurant that had a menu item called the "Businessman's Luncheon." No kidding - here is the description: "Two Martinis or Manhattans and a Salad." And the salad was just a little side salad like you would get with a different entree - not an entree type salad. I think back about how popular The Businessman's Lunch was!! That would be SO un PC these days. We'd have to be a whole lot sneakier about it. (but of course that's not an issue for us anymore!!)
DG
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