Then you have other reasons for stopping drinking/cutting it right down.  Which is different than just trying to lose weight.  It was the same for me when I had to completely cut out dairy which was incredibly hard at the time because the cravings for it were so strong and it required a big change in lifestyle and habits to be able to cut it out and not keep giving into wanting to binge. It is hard.  Good luck with it.  I'm sure you'll begin to feel lots better in yourself once you get past being grumpy.

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Helen, You must do it. And you can. The weight will go down proportionally. Anything we can do to help - like forgiving grumpiness - just say the word ;-)

It's a Learned Behaviour Disorder. The trick is finding ways to unlearn. Unlearning takes time. Be patient.

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