AboutJoseph Lee O. Expertise Greetings to you! Amidst the insufficiency of all the philosophical, religious and “self-help” approaches to relief from chronic alcoholism, I have personally experienced the content of “Alcoholics Anonymous”, the book. Thus, I can now explain at least the essence of the physical, mental and emotional aspects of an alcoholic's inherent condition and plight, and I can show why a spiritual solution is required and how it works and how to attain one.
Experience The oldest of four boys, I grew up in a religious, Midwestern-USA family. Unable to decline a friendly offer in a social setting, I had "no effective mental defense against the first drink" ("Alcoholics Anonymous", the book, page 43), and took my very first drink ever at age 24 ... and within minutes I had become obsessed with getting more of the effect that glass of homemade wine had given me. Alcohol had just done something *for* me that nothing else had ever done; it had seemingly "fixed" something inside me I had not even known was broken.
Over the next seven years of my life, I "drank up" just about everything and everyone ever meaning much to me at all, and I eventually abandoned my young family so I could drink and smoke pot at will. For, you see, alcohol was giving me a good-to-go feeling about life and a sense of control I had never before had, and at least in the early days of my drinking it could kill just about any pain that came along.
At age 31, however, circumstances and consequences had piled up all around me in ways that were making it obvious I could not continue on much longer. Life had become too tough, my pains had grown too great and the dangers of continuing to drink had become too undeniable for me to be able to continue believing I might ultimately survive an inescapable drop to the bottom of the pit. I still wanted to be able to drink safely as in days past, but something had seemingly "taken over" my drinking and was dragging me completely out-of-control after just one drink. So, and even while completely overwhelmed by the thought of facing life alcohol-free, I decided to stop drinking altogether ... and I quickly discovered I could not. No matter what I said, thought or did even just "one day at a time", I always ended up drinking once again. Where I wanted to drink safely, I could not, and neither could I remain abstinent for very long at all ... and such is the physical "allergy" (where one drink takes another) coupled with alcoholism’s mental-emotional obsession for the effect of alcohol ...
... but then I met a small group of people who personally understood my deadly dilemma - my complete personal powerlessness - and those same folks were quite able to propose a permanent solution. I accepted, of course, and today it is as if I "could not drink even if [I] would" ("Alcoholics Anonymous", the book, page 57), and for that I now remain unendingly grateful.
Expert: Joseph Lee O. Date: 4/25/2008 Subject: burning off alcohol
Question Can the body burn off alcohol with exercise? Some say no and some say yes.Those who say no claim that it cannot be burnt off and is bound to be stored in the lever, which will take its own time to metabolize it(with time) no matter how hard one exercises. If yes, can I take 3-4 drinks daily and hope burn it off with a half an hour walk? Since I'm into body building, but also also an alcoholic addict, this is an important question for me.
Answer Greetings to you, rj.
You have asked:
>> Can the body burn off alcohol with exercise?
No, not in the immediate sense. To rid itself of alcohol, the body must first metabolize it into carbon dioxide, water and sugar. Then, the carbon dioxide exits the body via the lungs, and the water not needed in the bloodstream or to hydrate the remainder of the body is ultimately either released as perspiration or through the kidneys. In a similar way, the sugar is either stored or used for energy, and I believe that is the essence of your question: Will alcohol cause weight gain?
>> Some say no and some say yes. Those who say no claim that it cannot be burnt off and is bound to be stored in the lever, which will take its own time to metabolize it (with time) no matter how hard one exercises.
I have never heard of alcohol actually being “stored” anywhere within the body, but it does remain in the bloodstream until it has been metabolized by the enzymes the pancreas sends to the liver.
>> If yes, can I take 3-4 drinks daily and hope burn it off with a half an hour walk?
No, and especially if you are a real alcoholic: The human body cannot rid itself of that much alcohol that quickly. Even in someone with normal body chemistry, something like an ounce an hour is about the most any system can disperse.
>> Since I'm into body building, but also an alcoholic addict, this is an important question for me.
I can imagine some foods might metabolize more quickly or easily than others, but I do not believe physical exertion can accelerate or bypass that process.
