Hi HARRIET,
Friday February 02 1996 22:08, HARRIET LEVY wrote to JANE KELLEY:
 JK>> If you are still using alcohol, it is to directly
 JK>> affect your brain and central nervous system.  Either
 JK>> your diet is faulty and can be corrected by those who
 JK>> are knowledgeable about why addicts and some folks with
 JK>> emotional problems don't eat properly, or there is
 JK>> another reason besides the so called character defects
 JK>> which are actually the first symptom of some
 JK>> nutritional problem.
 HL> So all we have to do is find our food allergies, eat right,
 HL> take vitamins, and our alcoholism will disappear?
 HL> Oh.
:-))
I know why I don't eat properly... alcoholic drinks, and the soft drinks 
taken with them, fill my tummy up... and when, like me, you had a pretty 
small appetite to begin with...
Empty calories might be empty, but they can still be filling!
The 'Hungry' part of HALT is the one that I need to focus on... when I'm 
hungry I know a quick slug of alcohol will take the empty feeling away... 
very quickly and it's a lot simpler to pour and consume a drink than to make 
and eat a meal.
One where 'keeping it simple' isn't such a good method to use... :-))
Pat
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