Donna Hunter

Switching addictions

My sister is a compulsive eater. Lately she has been trying to control her eating urges with alcohol as a way to lose weight. I know this sounds dumb, since who loses weight with beer, but when you realize how much she would eat if she didn’t have that 6 pack then maybe it is not so crazy after all. I know a lot of people can have a few beers a day and not have too much problem with it but I am worried that my sister might be going towards alcoholism. It seems to me that she just doesn’t have much control over what she puts in her body. Does her compulsive eating make her more likely to have a drinking problem too?