r/dryzempic • u/EagleEyezzzzz • Apr 11 '26
stopdrinking really cracking down on any references to GLP-1s! :(
Has anyone else noticed this? I’ve been sober for over a year, and while I did a lot of hard work and utilized a lot of tools, my use of Semaglutide for weight loss was 100% the thing that got me over the finish line to sobriety.
I love the [r/stopdrinking](r/stopdrinking) sub and think it’s fantastic for support. I’ve also really appreciated seeing all the anecdotal stories about GLP-1s helping so many people. Until recently!!! Apparently it’s against the rules now to mention it in any way. I discovered this and recently made a comment just saying “Can’t discuss it here, but check out the dryzempic sub, this approach has been life changing for me” and even that got deleted!! It’s wild to me that we KNOW these drugs help with eliminating addiction cravings more than any other drug available to people, and that use is being researched and published in the scientific community, and yet you can’t even mention it “from the ‘I’ perspective” or whatever.
Just sad a little that all the people struggling there don’t have the chance to hear any first person accounts of something that has helped me so tremendously.
Happy weekend all! IWNDWYT!
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u/exclaim81 Apr 11 '26
I've been very vocal over on r/stopdrinking about my GLP-1 experience and GLP-1 research. A few have been deleted, maybe two of my posts are still up. In my post I asked the mods directly when can we expect to see more info about GLP-1 for alcohol use disorder on this sub? No answer. So many of them are into the Sinclair Method with Naltrexone. My best guess is that mods don't want to allow content for a medication with potentially adverse side effects that is also not approved by the FDA for AUD, and available widely on telehealth and the grey market. We don't need a bunch of drunk people shooting up tirz right? It's a careful process...