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I took Semaglutide for 6 months. Before Semaglutide I'd want to have a beer just about every day, but I'd only drink a few times a week. Once I started Semaglut

I took Semaglutide for 6 months. Before Semaglutide I'd want to have a beer just about every day, but I'd only drink a few times a week. Once I started Semaglutide I completely lost the desire to drink alcohol. The same was true for food. I thought about food all the time. But once Semaglutide started I just didn't think of food. I had to remember to eat. Semaglutide in my experience really helps to eliminate addictive behavior in general, I believe. At least oral addictions (I'm not sure if it would help with e.g. gambling addiction). I never understood why skinny people believed that fat people have no impulse control until I took the medication. Once I had that impulse control it was so much easier to make long-term decisions.

pjc50 1y ago
Yes. It turns out that food is addictive, like breathing. (More practical note: alcohol contains a surprising amount of calories, especially in beers and sweet wines and ciders. Cutting alcohol consumption also helps weight loss.)
- serf 1y ago
  it's interesting to think though that a significant portion of alcoholics are just over-eaters in disguise.
codr7 1y ago
I have a hunch that what it's really doing is regulating impulse control.
- benbayard 1y ago
  I'm not sure if that's what's really going on, but in my experience it's definitely one of the things going on.
  - codr7 1y ago
    It would explain all the effects people are getting out of it. Basically suddenly being able to drop every problematic impulsive behavior on the list. I would be very interested in what happens with all their other impulsive behaviors, the ones that they might want to keep, that make them human.
blindriver 1y ago
Did the cravings reoccur after you went off it?
- benbayard 1y ago
  It took about a year for the food cravings to come back. It has been almost 2 years since I stopped taking the medication and I still have no desire to drink.

pjc50 1y ago

Yes. It turns out that food is addictive, like breathing. (More practical note: alcohol contains a surprising amount of calories, especially in beers and sweet wines and ciders. Cutting alcohol consumption also helps weight loss.)

serf 1y ago
it's interesting to think though that a significant portion of alcoholics are just over-eaters in disguise.

codr7 1y ago

I have a hunch that what it's really doing is regulating impulse control.

benbayard 1y ago
I'm not sure if that's what's really going on, but in my experience it's definitely one of the things going on.
- codr7 1y ago
  It would explain all the effects people are getting out of it. Basically suddenly being able to drop every problematic impulsive behavior on the list. I would be very interested in what happens with all their other impulsive behaviors, the ones that they might want to keep, that make them human.

blindriver 1y ago

Did the cravings reoccur after you went off it?

benbayard 1y ago
It took about a year for the food cravings to come back. It has been almost 2 years since I stopped taking the medication and I still have no desire to drink.