This is What Happens to Your Body When You Stop Drinking

After drinking alcohol, the body uses the ethanol instead of fat for energy. So if you give up the booze, your body will start burning carbohydrates, then flubber. Furthermore, you may want to start working out every morning to maximize your fat-burning results. In fact, your body has a minimum level of glycogen in the morning, which means it goes straight forward to burning fat.