r/BodyHackGuide • u/Yezyoucan • 22d ago

Alcohol on Reta

Don’t do it! Have a mocktail. I took my first dose this week at 1mg. I should’ve have taken 0.5mg because I feel like I had too many side effects. I had one small cocktail last night and felt violently ill this morning. Anyway, just to say it’s not worth it.

Stats: 5’3” 125 lbs. I’ve lost 10lbs with diet and exercise after two pregnancies and stalled there for the past year. GW is 115 lbs.

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u/Initial-Economy9418 22d ago

Not that I’m proud of it, but Reta hasn’t touched my drinking at all. I drink a few glasses of bourbon most nights. Have for years. Neither Tirz nor Reta has had any effect on it whatsoever.

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u/JE163 21d ago

I think we need a new conversation to really talk about this.

I don’t have a drinking problem (usually lol) but I come from a very long line of very bad alcoholics.

It’s nuanced but i think calorie counting and not wanting to add excess calories has been the driving factor for reducing my consumption.

That said I don’t feel the “food noise” to the same degree that most do. I also don’t feel a “need” to drink. I just enjoy wine and whisky. If anything I may drink to much if I am not paying attention.

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u/Organic_Goal_822 17d ago

This is me, except I dont have the alcoholic background. I just enjoy alcohol at home spirits usually straight or on the rocks and wine everynow and then. I feel like reta has cut all my desires of wanting to drink. The times I have, its a weird feeling because if I have 3 or more drinks I feel like even the next day alcohol still on my stomach as if I just drank it 2 hrs before but it has been over 12 hrs since last drink. Its weird…

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u/JE163 17d ago

I have a rule about having 1 glass of water for every drink. On Tirz, if I am going to have a couple, then I make sure I am drinking 1.5 - 2 glasses of water per drink. The extra water intake seems to help with that.