Alcohol Rehab Winnipeg
Alcohol Rehab Winnipeg
Stage One: Stabilize Blood Sugar
Have you ever noticed how heavy drinkers crave sweets after a binge? Their bodies are trying to stabilize their own blood sugar. The alcohol and sugar (and tobacco) cause large fluctuations with blood sugar and a roller coaster ride with the adrenalin glands. The users are constantly trying to recover from this low blood sugar. Therefore, get off of the sugar roller coaster and minimize the sugar.
A typical drinker eating pattern can go like this:
Breakfast: Coffee, cigarettes, orange juice, toast.
Snack: Coffee, doughnuts.
Lunch: Coffee, fast food hamburger, fries, pop.
Snack: Pop, chocolate bar, chips.
Supper: Hamburgers, mashed or boiled potatoes, mixed vegetables, pie.
Snack: Chips, pop.
The above is just an example. Some heavy drinkers can afford high quality food with cocktails during their “power lunches.” Nutritionally, they fair better than the lower income drinker. At least, in their youth they do.
A more sugar-stable eating pattern goes like this:
Breakfast: Water, oatmeal, three egg whites
Snack: Peanut butter on whole grain crackers or chicken fingers
Lunch: Chicken or salmon salad
Snack: Protein shake
Dinner: Water, lean beef, stir-fried or steamed vegetables
Snack: Water, slice of turkey breast
Stage Two: Avoid Allergic Foods and Substances
If you are an Allergic Alcoholic, you have to minimize wheat, sugar and most yeast products from your diet. This was very difficult for me as I was brought up on white bread and had read several books claiming that wheat products were an important part of a balanced diet. After years of research and self-experimentation, I finally accepted that wheat products were not in my best interest. It was hard to give it up. Sandwiches, dinner rolls, bread sticks, toast, bagels, pizza crusts and English muffins were part of my food culture.
It is the gluten portion of wheat that causes allergic reactions and even Celiac disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome in many people. Gluten is also what gives wheat flour its stickiness and ability to rise and form breads and pastries. The most popular type of wheat, durum, is very high in gluten. Fortunately, there are types of low-gluten wheat such as kamut or spelt. There are also low-gluten grains to replace wheat such as: rye, rice and sprouted grains.
Stage Three: Clean out
By cleaning out your body, you make it stronger and more sensitive to the offending substance, like alcohol. I know that when I have worked long hours, ate lots of processed food and missed sleep, I could drink more beer than average. The more impurities in your body, the more difficult it is to remove substance cravings. Taking supplements, eating good, exercise and saunas can you clean out gradually and less painfully. As the saying goes: Hard by the yard, cinch by the inch.
An effective tool to use in cleaning out is exercise. Exercise is simple. Not always easy, but simple. Breathing deeply, moving and sweating removes toxins from the body, stabilizes blood sugar and helps take your mind off of your problems.
Exercise always seems to conjure up images of shame and pain. It does not have to be public embarrassment amongst a crowd of spandex-clad people or grunting with weights. The simplest method of exercise is to find something that you like to do and then stick with it. Even a simple 15 minute daily bike ride to the grocery store or video shop pays off big dividends. It is developing that habit that makes the difference.
Stage Four: Rebuild with Nutrition
To stay on track and get stronger, follow the low-sugar eating plan. This way, your body can repair the damage done by the alcohol.
If you do not have much money, at least extra B vitamins and fish oils.
Alcoholics tend to be malnourished. Just visit skid-row and observe what the addicts and alcoholics eat: starchy, sugared junk. The stores in these areas (you know, the ones with the barred windows) will be selling mostly canned goods, doughnuts and candy bars.
Most of the city drop-in centers are not much better. During a university field trip to the Winnipeg Detox Center (often referred to as “the drunk tank”) I noticed that the cafeteria served almost exclusively doughnuts and coffee. I asked the administrators about a possible vitamin program. The response was that such a program was too difficult to monitor and too expensive. (Since when is a hard-boiled egg, an apple or bowl of rice more expensive than a cup of coffee or a doughnut?) It is amazing how many institutions, like schools, the military and health care, push coffee and starchy foods, but avoid higher nutrition foods. Some mental health institutions make it a policy to guarantee a resident’s (patient’s) right to have coffee and sweets several times per day. Better nutrition was considered “too expensive,” while coffee was absolutely essential.
Heavy drinkers often comment that they have no appetite or that they can go for long periods without eating. When they do eat, it is often starchy, low-nutrient foods. These junk foods cause a temporary high and then a drop in blood sugar. Fatigue sets in and the sufferer needs another quick energy boost, usually in the form of alcohol, cigarettes or high-sugar food.
Keep your body strong with regular meals of high protein foods, multiple B vitamins and minerals. Minimize the junk food, especially anything made with white flour and white sugar. You can do this without becoming a “health nut,” or “fitness freak.” When your body feels better, so does your mind.
Good luck.
DC Setter holds a Bachelor’s of Food and Nutrition. He has served as a paratrooper and U.N. Peacekeeper, has completed 5 full marathons and climbed Mt. Rainier. He held a welterweight kick-boxing title at age 40. He consults clients in alcohol reduction, stomach-flattening, kick-boxing and nutrition. He is the author of Stomach Flattening, Find out more in the book: Reduce Your Alcohol Craving and One Less Victim. Visit his website: http://www.2ndwindbodyscience.com
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My sister, who is 16. Is addicted to Drugs And Alcohol but mostly drugs. She doesn’t realize it but I read all the signs and she is one. She’s barely home and when she is she is getting high, when she’s away she’s drinking or doing drugs or both. She’s done weed. E. Shrooms & coke that I know of. She has over dosed twice already. And has been doing drugs and alcohol for a year, since she was 15, she’s turning 17 in Dec. She doesn’t have a job but my mom gives her a 20$ weekly allowance(which I think she shouldnt give to support her habit)Since my mom won’t do anything, I wanna find a rehab center for her, where you don’t need the person addicted concent. I live in Winnipeg Manitoba and would like one where she lives there until she is better. How much will it cost? And what is the number so I can call & ask questions?
Thanks!
First off, you need to speak to a professional. A professional will tell you if your sister is really an addict and will tell you what options are available to you. She can most likely get free assistance living in Canada, but it depends where. Unfortunately, you tend to have to pay for the good places, but it’s worth it since it means recovering.
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