Outrun Type 1

I was in my final year of university when the crazy thirst kicked in.

I measured. I wasn’t drinking 8 glasses of water a day. I was drinking nearly 4 gallons (it wasn’t all water). No sooner had I finished a glass than I was pouring myself another.

Of course, this meant I had to use the bathroom a lot. I found out later this was how my body was getting rid of excess sugar, since my (extreme lack of) insulin wasn’t doing it.

I thought I just had low willpower drinking so much, but after starting on injected insulin, it was like magic. I simply did not crave drinking very much anymore.