u/alexmillne

For those of you who used to drink a lot before starting a GLP-1 medication like Mounjaro, Zepbound, Ozempic, Wegovy, etc. — and now either stopped drinking or reduced it heavily — what exactly changed inside you?

Was it that alcohol no longer gave you the same buzz or euphoric feeling, so you simply lost interest in it?
Did the craving disappear?
Did drinking start feeling flat, pointless, or even unpleasant?
Or was it more that the obsessive “pull” toward alcohol quieted down mentally?

I’m really curious about the actual switch that happened for you psychologically and physically.

What is now stopping you from drinking the way you used to while on these medications?

For those of you who used to drink a lot before starting a GLP-1 medication like Mounjaro, Zepbound, Ozempic, Wegovy, etc. — and now either stopped drinking or reduced it heavily — what exactly changed inside you?

Was it that alcohol no longer gave you the same buzz or euphoric feeling, so you simply lost interest in it?
Did the craving disappear?
Did drinking start feeling flat, pointless, or even unpleasant?
Or was it more that the obsessive “pull” toward alcohol quieted down mentally?

I’m really curious about the actual switch that happened for you psychologically and physically.

What is now stopping you from drinking the way you used to while on these medications?

I’m really curious about the mechanism behind it.

Was it that alcohol simply stopped giving you that euphoric buzz, so your brain no longer found it rewarding? Did the craving disappear? Did you start feeling sick more easily? Did the urge to “keep going” just vanish? Or was it more emotional/mental than physical?

I recently drank while on a GLP-1 and noticed something strange: I could tell I was intoxicated, but the usual rewarding buzz/euphoria just wasn’t really there. It almost felt flat. But because I wasn’t getting the feeling I expected, I found myself chasing it and drinking more than I intended.

So I’m trying to understand: for those of you who now barely drink or stopped completely, what was the actual “switch” for you? What is now stopping you from drinking?

I’m currently on 2.5mg Mounjaro and had my first real night out drinking since starting it.

What surprised me most was that alcohol felt completely different. The usual buzz, euphoria, and rewarding feeling just weren’t really there. At the start of the night I was drinking incredibly slowly, almost like I had a natural resistance or lack of desire to drink more.

Normally after a couple of drinks I start wanting stronger alcohol and chasing that fun, outgoing feeling. But this time I mostly just felt… flat towards it. Like my brain wasn’t getting the same reward from alcohol anymore.

The strange part is that it still didn’t stop me from drinking.

I think because the buzz felt muted, part of me kept trying to “find” it by continuing to drink. And once the alcohol itself lowered my inhibitions later in the night, I eventually lost control anyway and drank far more than I originally intended.

What did feel different though was that the night didn’t spiral into other impulsive behaviours the way it normally can for me. And the next-day shame spiral felt dramatically reduced too, which honestly felt huge.

So now I’m really curious about other people’s experiences:

• Did moving up from 2.5mg make the alcohol aversion much stronger?
• Did alcohol eventually stop feeling worth it because the buzz stayed muted?
• Or is this actually the ideal moment to consciously quit drinking altogether while the compulsive “pull” is quieter?

Would really appreciate hearing from people who’ve experienced something similar.

I’m currently on 2.5mg Mounjaro and had my first real night out drinking on it last weekend.

What shocked me was that alcohol felt… different. The buzz and euphoria felt much more muted, and I was drinking way slower at the beginning of the night. It almost felt like the “reward” from alcohol wasn’t fully there anymore.

But despite that, it didn’t actually stop me from drinking. In a way, I almost kept chasing the feeling I normally get from alcohol because it felt so blunted. I still ended up drinking a lot by the end of the night, especially once the alcohol itself lowered my inhibitions.

What did feel different though was that the night didn’t spiral into other impulsive behaviours the way it normally can for me, and the next-day shame spiral felt much less intense too.

So now I’m wondering:

• Did anyone notice a much stronger alcohol aversion once increasing from 2.5mg to higher doses?
• Did the “muted buzz” eventually make alcohol feel not worth it anymore?
• Or is this actually the perfect window/opportunity to consciously quit altogether while the compulsive drive is quieter?

Would genuinely love to hear experiences from people who used this medication to change their relationship with alcohol too.

I’m currently on 2.5mg Mounjaro and had my first real night out drinking on it last weekend.

What shocked me was that alcohol felt… different. The buzz and euphoria felt much more muted, and I was drinking way slower at the beginning of the night. It almost felt like the “reward” from alcohol wasn’t fully there anymore.

But despite that, it didn’t actually stop me from drinking. In a way, I almost kept chasing the feeling I normally get from alcohol because it felt so blunted. I still ended up drinking a lot by the end of the night, especially once the alcohol itself lowered my inhibitions.

What did feel different though was that the night didn’t spiral into other impulsive behaviours the way it normally can for me, and the next-day shame spiral felt much less intense too.

So now I’m wondering:

• Did anyone notice a much stronger alcohol aversion once increasing from 2.5mg to higher doses?
• Did the “muted buzz” eventually make alcohol feel not worth it anymore?
• Or is this actually the perfect window/opportunity to consciously quit altogether while the compulsive drive is quieter?

Would genuinely love to hear experiences from people who used this medication to change their relationship with alcohol too.

I’m really curious about the psychological side of this.

Did alcohol simply stop giving you that euphoric buzz or rewarding feeling, so you naturally lost interest in drinking? Or was it something deeper than that?

What was the actual “switch” for you after starting the medication?

Was it:

• less craving?
• less obsession/thoughts about alcohol?
• feeling full or sick more quickly?
• alcohol feeling emotionally flat or unrewarding?
• reduced impulsivity?
• less desire to escape or “let loose”?
• stronger self-control around other people drinking?

I’d really love to understand what specifically changed in your mind and body that made you stop drinking or cut down so much.

Meine erste Erfahrung mit Alkohol auf Mounjaro (2.5mg) war psychologisch extrem faszinierend.

• Das war mein ALLERERSTES Mal trinken auf dem Medikament, deshalb wusste ich überhaupt nicht, was mich erwartet.
• Ich bin einfach wie immer an den Abend rangegangen: gleiche Denkweise, gleiches Tempo, gleiche automatisierte Verhaltensmuster.
• Rückblickend glaube ich genau das war das Problem: Mein Körper und Gehirn reagierten komplett anders, aber psychologisch lief immer noch mein alter Loop.
• Das Seltsamste: selbst nach ungefähr 6 Drinks bekam ich nie wirklich den Buzz, den ich eigentlich gesucht habe.
• Normalerweise macht Alkohol mich euphorisch, sozial, laut, stimuliert, emotional aufgedreht. Dieses typische: „Die Nacht lebt.“
• Auf Mounjaro war dieser ganze Reward-Loop plötzlich stark gedämpft.
• Psychologisch fühlte es sich fast so an, als würde ich alkoholfreie Drinks trinken.
• Ich wartete die ganze Zeit auf den emotionalen Payoff… aber er kam nie richtig.
• Genau das kann wahrscheinlich gefährlich werden: man trinkt weiter, weil das Gehirn denkt: „Der Effekt kommt sicher gleich noch.“
• Und dann passierte etwas seltsames: der Alkohol traf mich körperlich erst Stunden später.
• Aber selbst dann war es nicht dieser euphorische Dopamin-High, den ich normalerweise chase.
• Mein Körper war betrunken. Mein Gehirn fühlte sich aber kaum belohnt.
• Diese Trennung hat mich komplett überrascht: BODY drunk, BRAIN nicht belohnt.
• Ich glaube genau das könnte ein Teil davon sein, warum GLP-1s manchen Menschen beim Alkohol helfen: sie erzeugen enttäuschende Reward-Erfahrungen.
• Das Gehirn lernt plötzlich: „Ich trinke viel, bekomme kaum den gewünschten Effekt und habe TROTZDEM die negativen Konsequenzen.“
• In meinem Fall: schlechter Schlaf, Hangover, Dehydration, körperliche Erschöpfung… aber ohne den emotionalen Reward, der das Verhalten normalerweise verstärkt.
• Und psychologisch verändert das die Erwartungsschleife für zukünftige Abende.
• Denn jetzt denkt mein Gehirn: „Will ich das überhaupt noch, wenn ich sowieso kaum einen Buzz bekomme?“
• Gleichzeitig war das alte psychologische Skript trotzdem noch da: „Mach weiter.“ „Lass die Nacht nicht enden.“ „Vielleicht bringt der nächste Drink endlich das Gefühl.“
• Genau dort wurde mir klar: GLP-1 reduziert vielleicht den biologischen Reward, aber nicht automatisch jahrelange emotionale Konditionierungen und Gewohnheiten.
• Ein weiterer riesiger Unterschied: normalerweise spirale ich nach solchen Nächten komplett ab: Hangxiety → Scham → compulsive behavior → Doomscrolling → Porn → Vermeidung → Selbsthass.
• Dieses Mal war diese Spirale massiv leiser.
• Es fühlte sich an, als wäre zum ersten Mal SPACE zwischen Impuls und Reaktion entstanden.
• Und ich glaube genau das könnte die eigentliche Stärke dieser Medikamente sein: nicht Magie, sondern genug Ruhe im Reward-System, um die eigenen Loops endlich klar sehen zu können.
• Die größte Lektion für mich: wenn Alkohol plötzlich weniger rewarding wird, dann gegen dieses Signal anzukämpfen und einfach weiter zu trinken, verstärkt wahrscheinlich genau den Loop, aus dem man eigentlich raus möchte.
• Ich bin ehrlich gesagt noch unsicher, wie ich in Zukunft damit umgehen will.
• Ein Teil von mir denkt: „Wenn der Buzz sowieso weg ist… was ist dann überhaupt noch der Sinn vom Trinken?“
• Denn selbst nach mehreren Drinks fühlte ich mich später eigentlich nur körperlich betrunken, aber ohne diesen emotionalen Dopamin-Kick.
• Ein anderer Teil von mir denkt: vielleicht einfach sozial 1-2 Drinks trinken und danach auf alkoholfrei wechseln.

My first experience drinking on Mounjaro (2.5mg) taught me something psychologically fascinating about addiction loops, reward systems, and learned behavior:

• This was my VERY FIRST time drinking alcohol on the medication, so I genuinely didn’t know what to expect. I basically approached the night the same way I always used to: same mindset, same pacing, same automatic behavioral script.
• Looking back now, I think that was the mistake. My brain and body were reacting completely differently, but psychologically I was still following the old loop out of habit.
• The strangest part: even after around 6 drinks, I never got the feeling I was actually looking for. No buzz that I so badly desired...
• Normally alcohol gives me a strong dopamine response: I become hyped up, extra social, emotionally excited, loud, stimulated, “the night is alive.”
• On Mounjaro, that entire reward loop felt muted.
• It felt like I was drinking non-alcoholic drinks psychologically. I kept waiting for the emotional payoff to arrive, but it never really came.
• The really dangerous part is that this can trick you into continuing to drink MORE because your brain keeps expecting the old reward to eventually kick in.
• And then something weird happened: the alcohol only really “hit” me physically hours later.
• But even then, it wasn’t the classic euphoric buzz I normally chase. It was mostly just my body being physically drunk: slower coordination, physical intoxication
• Mentally though? The dopamine high still wasn’t there.
• That distinction completely blew my mind: my BODY was drunk, but my BRAIN never really got rewarded.
• I think this may actually be part of why GLP-1s can help some people reduce drinking over time: they create disappointing reward experiences.
• The brain starts learning: “Wait… I drank a lot, didn’t really get the buzz I wanted, and STILL got the negative consequences.”
• In my case: delayed intoxication, poor sleep, physical hangover, dehydration, exhaustion… without the emotional payoff that normally reinforced the behavior.
• And psychologically, that changes the anticipation loop for future nights out.
• Because now my brain is questioning: “Do I even want to drink next time if I already know I may need 5-6 drinks just to feel something physically… and even then the mental reward still isn’t really there?”
• That feels very different from traditional dieting or “willpower.” It feels more like the reward-learning system itself is being disrupted.
• Psychologically, the learned script was still there: “keep going” “don’t let the night end” “maybe the next drink will finally create the feeling.”
• That’s when I understood: GLP-1s may reduce the biological reward, but they don’t automatically erase years of emotional conditioning and behavioral habits.
• Another huge thing: normally after a night like that, I spiral the next day: hangxiety → shame → compulsive behaviors → doom scrolling → porn → avoidance → self-hatred.
• This time the shame loop was dramatically quieter.
• It felt like there was finally SPACE between urge and reaction.
• And I think that space may be the real therapeutic power of these medications: not magic, not instant self-control, but enough quieting of the reward system to finally SEE the loops clearly while they’re happening.
• Biggest lesson for me: if alcohol suddenly feels less rewarding, fighting through that signal and continuing to drink harder is probably reinforcing the exact compulsive cycle I’m trying to escape.
• I’m still unsure how I want to move forward after this experience.
• Part of me thinks: “If the buzz is basically gone, what’s the point of drinking at all?”
• Even after multiple drinks, I mostly just felt physically drunk later on, but without the dopamine reward or emotional excitement I normally chase.
• Another part of me thinks maybe I should just socially have 1-2 drinks, then switch to non-alcoholic ones.

My first experience drinking on Mounjaro (2.5mg) taught me something psychologically fascinating about addiction loops, reward systems, and learned behavior:

• This was my VERY FIRST time drinking alcohol on the medication, so I genuinely didn’t know what to expect. I basically approached the night the same way I always used to: same mindset, same pacing, same automatic behavioral script.
• Looking back now, I think that was the mistake. My brain and body were reacting completely differently, but psychologically I was still following the old loop out of habit.
• The strangest part: even after around 6 drinks, I never got the feeling I was actually looking for. No buzz that I so badly desired...
• Normally alcohol gives me a strong dopamine response: I become hyped up, extra social, emotionally excited, loud, stimulated, “the night is alive.”
• On Mounjaro, that entire reward loop felt muted.
• It felt like I was drinking non-alcoholic drinks psychologically. I kept waiting for the emotional payoff to arrive, but it never really came.
• The really dangerous part is that this can trick you into continuing to drink MORE because your brain keeps expecting the old reward to eventually kick in.
• And then something weird happened: the alcohol only really “hit” me physically hours later.
• But even then, it wasn’t the classic euphoric buzz I normally chase. It was mostly just my body being physically drunk: slower coordination, physical intoxication
• Mentally though? The dopamine high still wasn’t there.
• That distinction completely blew my mind: my BODY was drunk, but my BRAIN never really got rewarded.
• I think this may actually be part of why GLP-1s can help some people reduce drinking over time: they create disappointing reward experiences.
• The brain starts learning: “Wait… I drank a lot, didn’t really get the buzz I wanted, and STILL got the negative consequences.”
• In my case: delayed intoxication, poor sleep, physical hangover, dehydration, exhaustion… without the emotional payoff that normally reinforced the behavior.
• And psychologically, that changes the anticipation loop for future nights out.
• Because now my brain is questioning: “Do I even want to drink next time if I already know I may need 5-6 drinks just to feel something physically… and even then the mental reward still isn’t really there?”
• That feels very different from traditional dieting or “willpower.” It feels more like the reward-learning system itself is being disrupted.
• Psychologically, the learned script was still there: “keep going” “don’t let the night end” “maybe the next drink will finally create the feeling.”
• That’s when I understood: GLP-1s may reduce the biological reward, but they don’t automatically erase years of emotional conditioning and behavioral habits.
• Another huge thing: normally after a night like that, I spiral the next day: hangxiety → shame → compulsive behaviors → doom scrolling → porn → avoidance → self-hatred.
• This time the shame loop was dramatically quieter.
• It felt like there was finally SPACE between urge and reaction.
• And I think that space may be the real therapeutic power of these medications: not magic, not instant self-control, but enough quieting of the reward system to finally SEE the loops clearly while they’re happening.
• Biggest lesson for me: if alcohol suddenly feels less rewarding, fighting through that signal and continuing to drink harder is probably reinforcing the exact compulsive cycle I’m trying to escape.
• I’m still unsure how I want to move forward after this experience.
• Part of me thinks: “If the buzz is basically gone, what’s the point of drinking at all?”
• Even after multiple drinks, I mostly just felt physically drunk later on, but without the dopamine reward or emotional excitement I normally chase.
• Another part of me thinks maybe I should just socially have 1-2 drinks, then switch to non-alcoholic ones.

My first experience drinking on Mounjaro (2.5mg) taught me something psychologically fascinating about addiction loops, reward systems, and learned behavior:

• This was my VERY FIRST time drinking alcohol on the medication, so I genuinely didn’t know what to expect. I basically approached the night the same way I always used to: same mindset, same pacing, same automatic behavioral script.
• Looking back now, I think that was the mistake. My brain and body were reacting completely differently, but psychologically I was still following the old loop out of habit.
• The strangest part: even after around 6 drinks, I never got the feeling I was actually looking for. No buzz that I so badly desired...
• Normally alcohol gives me a strong dopamine response: I become hyped up, extra social, emotionally excited, loud, stimulated, “the night is alive.”
• On Mounjaro, that entire reward loop felt muted.
• It felt like I was drinking non-alcoholic drinks psychologically. I kept waiting for the emotional payoff to arrive, but it never really came.
• The really dangerous part is that this can trick you into continuing to drink MORE because your brain keeps expecting the old reward to eventually kick in.
• And then something weird happened: the alcohol only really “hit” me physically hours later.
• But even then, it wasn’t the classic euphoric buzz I normally chase. It was mostly just my body being physically drunk: slower coordination, physical intoxication
• Mentally though? The dopamine high still wasn’t there.
• That distinction completely blew my mind: my BODY was drunk, but my BRAIN never really got rewarded.
• I think this may actually be part of why GLP-1s can help some people reduce drinking over time: they create disappointing reward experiences.
• The brain starts learning: “Wait… I drank a lot, didn’t really get the buzz I wanted, and STILL got the negative consequences.”
• In my case: delayed intoxication, poor sleep, physical hangover, dehydration, exhaustion… without the emotional payoff that normally reinforced the behavior.
• And psychologically, that changes the anticipation loop for future nights out.
• Because now my brain is questioning: “Do I even want to drink next time if I already know I may need 5-6 drinks just to feel something physically… and even then the mental reward still isn’t really there?”
• That feels very different from traditional dieting or “willpower.” It feels more like the reward-learning system itself is being disrupted.
• Psychologically, the learned script was still there: “keep going” “don’t let the night end” “maybe the next drink will finally create the feeling.”
• That’s when I understood: GLP-1s may reduce the biological reward, but they don’t automatically erase years of emotional conditioning and behavioral habits.
• Another huge thing: normally after a night like that, I spiral the next day: hangxiety → shame → compulsive behaviors → doom scrolling → porn → avoidance → self-hatred.
• This time the shame loop was dramatically quieter.
• It felt like there was finally SPACE between urge and reaction.
• And I think that space may be the real therapeutic power of these medications: not magic, not instant self-control, but enough quieting of the reward system to finally SEE the loops clearly while they’re happening.
• Biggest lesson for me: if alcohol suddenly feels less rewarding, fighting through that signal and continuing to drink harder is probably reinforcing the exact compulsive cycle I’m trying to escape.
• I’m still unsure how I want to move forward after this experience.
• Part of me thinks: “If the buzz is basically gone, what’s the point of drinking at all?”
• Even after multiple drinks, I mostly just felt physically drunk later on, but without the dopamine reward or emotional excitement I normally chase.
• Another part of me thinks maybe I should just socially have 1-2 drinks, then switch to non-alcoholic ones.

My first experience drinking on Mounjaro (2.5mg) taught me something psychologically fascinating about addiction loops, reward systems, and learned behavior:

• This was my VERY FIRST time drinking alcohol on the medication, so I genuinely didn’t know what to expect. I basically approached the night the same way I always used to: same mindset, same pacing, same automatic behavioral script.
• Looking back now, I think that was the mistake. My brain and body were reacting completely differently, but psychologically I was still following the old loop out of habit.
• The strangest part: even after around 6 drinks, I never got the feeling I was actually looking for. No buzz that I so badly desired...
• Normally alcohol gives me a strong dopamine response: I become hyped up, extra social, emotionally excited, loud, stimulated, “the night is alive.”
• On Mounjaro, that entire reward loop felt muted.
• It felt like I was drinking non-alcoholic drinks psychologically. I kept waiting for the emotional payoff to arrive, but it never really came.
• The really dangerous part is that this can trick you into continuing to drink MORE because your brain keeps expecting the old reward to eventually kick in.
• And then something weird happened: the alcohol only really “hit” me physically hours later.
• But even then, it wasn’t the classic euphoric buzz I normally chase. It was mostly just my body being physically drunk: slower coordination, physical intoxication
• Mentally though? The dopamine high still wasn’t there.
• That distinction completely blew my mind: my BODY was drunk, but my BRAIN never really got rewarded.
• I think this may actually be part of why GLP-1s can help some people reduce drinking over time: they create disappointing reward experiences.
• The brain starts learning: “Wait… I drank a lot, didn’t really get the buzz I wanted, and STILL got the negative consequences.”
• In my case: delayed intoxication, poor sleep, physical hangover, dehydration, exhaustion… without the emotional payoff that normally reinforced the behavior.
• And psychologically, that changes the anticipation loop for future nights out.
• Because now my brain is questioning: “Do I even want to drink next time if I already know I may need 5-6 drinks just to feel something physically… and even then the mental reward still isn’t really there?”
• That feels very different from traditional dieting or “willpower.” It feels more like the reward-learning system itself is being disrupted.
• Psychologically, the learned script was still there: “keep going” “don’t let the night end” “maybe the next drink will finally create the feeling.”
• That’s when I understood: GLP-1s may reduce the biological reward, but they don’t automatically erase years of emotional conditioning and behavioral habits.
• Another huge thing: normally after a night like that, I spiral the next day: hangxiety → shame → compulsive behaviors → doom scrolling → porn → avoidance → self-hatred.
• This time the shame loop was dramatically quieter.
• It felt like there was finally SPACE between urge and reaction.
• And I think that space may be the real therapeutic power of these medications: not magic, not instant self-control, but enough quieting of the reward system to finally SEE the loops clearly while they’re happening.
• Biggest lesson for me: if alcohol suddenly feels less rewarding, fighting through that signal and continuing to drink harder is probably reinforcing the exact compulsive cycle I’m trying to escape.
• I’m still unsure how I want to move forward after this experience.
• Part of me thinks: “If the buzz is basically gone, what’s the point of drinking at all?”
• Even after multiple drinks, I mostly just felt physically drunk later on, but without the dopamine reward or emotional excitement I normally chase.
• Another part of me thinks maybe I should just socially have 1-2 drinks, then switch to non-alcoholic ones.

My first experience drinking on Mounjaro (2.5mg) taught me something psychologically fascinating about addiction loops, reward systems, and learned behavior:

• This was my VERY FIRST time drinking alcohol on the medication, so I genuinely didn’t know what to expect. I basically approached the night the same way I always used to: same mindset, same pacing, same automatic behavioral script.
• Looking back now, I think that was the mistake. My brain and body were reacting completely differently, but psychologically I was still following the old loop out of habit.
• The strangest part: even after around 6 drinks, I never got the feeling I was actually looking for. No buzz that I so badly desired...
• Normally alcohol gives me a strong dopamine response: I become hyped up, extra social, emotionally excited, loud, stimulated, “the night is alive.”
• On Mounjaro, that entire reward loop felt muted.
• It felt like I was drinking non-alcoholic drinks psychologically. I kept waiting for the emotional payoff to arrive, but it never really came.
• The really dangerous part is that this can trick you into continuing to drink MORE because your brain keeps expecting the old reward to eventually kick in.
• And then something weird happened: the alcohol only really “hit” me physically hours later.
• But even then, it wasn’t the classic euphoric buzz I normally chase. It was mostly just my body being physically drunk: slower coordination, physical intoxication
• Mentally though? The dopamine high still wasn’t there.
• That distinction completely blew my mind: my BODY was drunk, but my BRAIN never really got rewarded.
• I think this may actually be part of why GLP-1s can help some people reduce drinking over time: they create disappointing reward experiences.
• The brain starts learning: “Wait… I drank a lot, didn’t really get the buzz I wanted, and STILL got the negative consequences.”
• In my case: delayed intoxication, poor sleep, physical hangover, dehydration, exhaustion… without the emotional payoff that normally reinforced the behavior.
• And psychologically, that changes the anticipation loop for future nights out.
• Because now my brain is questioning: “Do I even want to drink next time if I already know I may need 5-6 drinks just to feel something physically… and even then the mental reward still isn’t really there?”
• That feels very different from traditional dieting or “willpower.” It feels more like the reward-learning system itself is being disrupted.
• Psychologically, the learned script was still there: “keep going” “don’t let the night end” “maybe the next drink will finally create the feeling.”
• That’s when I understood: GLP-1s may reduce the biological reward, but they don’t automatically erase years of emotional conditioning and behavioral habits.
• Another huge thing: normally after a night like that, I spiral the next day: hangxiety → shame → compulsive behaviors → doom scrolling → porn → avoidance → self-hatred.
• This time the shame loop was dramatically quieter.
• It felt like there was finally SPACE between urge and reaction.
• And I think that space may be the real therapeutic power of these medications: not magic, not instant self-control, but enough quieting of the reward system to finally SEE the loops clearly while they’re happening.
• Biggest lesson for me: if alcohol suddenly feels less rewarding, fighting through that signal and continuing to drink harder is probably reinforcing the exact compulsive cycle I’m trying to escape.
• I’m still unsure how I want to move forward after this experience.
• Part of me thinks: “If the buzz is basically gone, what’s the point of drinking at all?”
• Even after multiple drinks, I mostly just felt physically drunk later on, but without the dopamine reward or emotional excitement I normally chase.
• Another part of me thinks maybe I should just socially have 1-2 drinks, then switch to non-alcoholic ones.

My first experience drinking on Mounjaro (2.5mg) taught me something psychologically fascinating about addiction loops, reward systems, and learned behavior:

• This was my VERY FIRST time drinking alcohol on the medication, so I genuinely didn’t know what to expect. I basically approached the night the same way I always used to: same mindset, same pacing, same automatic behavioral script.
• Looking back now, I think that was the mistake. My brain and body were reacting completely differently, but psychologically I was still following the old loop out of habit.
• The strangest part: even after around 6 drinks, I never got the feeling I was actually looking for. No buzz that I so badly desired...
• Normally alcohol gives me a strong dopamine response: I become hyped up, extra social, emotionally excited, loud, stimulated, “the night is alive.”
• On Mounjaro, that entire reward loop felt muted.
• It felt like I was drinking non-alcoholic drinks psychologically. I kept waiting for the emotional payoff to arrive, but it never really came.
• The really dangerous part is that this can trick you into continuing to drink MORE because your brain keeps expecting the old reward to eventually kick in.
• And then something weird happened: the alcohol only really “hit” me physically hours later.
• But even then, it wasn’t the classic euphoric buzz I normally chase. It was mostly just my body being physically drunk: slower coordination, physical intoxication
• Mentally though? The dopamine high still wasn’t there.
• That distinction completely blew my mind: my BODY was drunk, but my BRAIN never really got rewarded.
• I think this may actually be part of why GLP-1s can help some people reduce drinking over time: they create disappointing reward experiences.
• The brain starts learning: “Wait… I drank a lot, didn’t really get the buzz I wanted, and STILL got the negative consequences.”
• In my case: delayed intoxication, poor sleep, physical hangover, dehydration, exhaustion… without the emotional payoff that normally reinforced the behavior.
• And psychologically, that changes the anticipation loop for future nights out.
• Because now my brain is questioning: “Do I even want to drink next time if I already know I may need 5-6 drinks just to feel something physically… and even then the mental reward still isn’t really there?”
• That feels very different from traditional dieting or “willpower.” It feels more like the reward-learning system itself is being disrupted.
• Psychologically, the learned script was still there: “keep going” “don’t let the night end” “maybe the next drink will finally create the feeling.”
• That’s when I understood: GLP-1s may reduce the biological reward, but they don’t automatically erase years of emotional conditioning and behavioral habits.
• Another huge thing: normally after a night like that, I spiral the next day: hangxiety → shame → compulsive behaviors → doom scrolling → porn → avoidance → self-hatred.
• This time the shame loop was dramatically quieter.
• It felt like there was finally SPACE between urge and reaction.
• And I think that space may be the real therapeutic power of these medications: not magic, not instant self-control, but enough quieting of the reward system to finally SEE the loops clearly while they’re happening.
• Biggest lesson for me: if alcohol suddenly feels less rewarding, fighting through that signal and continuing to drink harder is probably reinforcing the exact compulsive cycle I’m trying to escape.
• I’m still unsure how I want to move forward after this experience.
• Part of me thinks: “If the buzz is basically gone, what’s the point of drinking at all?”
• Even after multiple drinks, I mostly just felt physically drunk later on, but without the dopamine reward or emotional excitement I normally chase.
• Another part of me thinks maybe I should just socially have 1-2 drinks, then switch to non-alcoholic ones.

Hi Leute

Ich hab gerade meine erste Bestellung über DoktorABC gemacht. Ganz normales Rezept für 5mg Mounjaro. Ehrlich gesagt bin ich etwas schockiert, wie unkompliziert das ging 😅

Jetzt überlege ich, dort auch direkt 7.5mg zu bestellen. Läuft das dann genau gleich einfach ab? Irgendwie fühlt es sich fast zu einfach an und ich frage mich, ob das in Zukunft vielleicht mal strenger wird oder gar nicht mehr erlaubt ist.

Und was mich auch interessiert: Wenn man mit Mounjaro schon länger erfolgreich Gewicht verliert, meint ihr, dass einem dann grundsätzlich auch ein normaler Arzt in der Schweiz das Medikament weiter verschreiben würde?

Danke euch schon mal 🙏