Just to add a bit to think about, this being my specialist subject too! :lol: I am a red wine drinker and pre-diagnosis used to drink too much, too often. Sometimes more than a bottle a night. I occasionally used to have night-time hypos - woke up sweating, heart pounding etc, and frightened to death 'cos I thought it might be a heart problem :shock: . It wasn't until I came on here that I realised what had been happening to me.
I am reformed (a bit!) now, and drink smaller quantities less often. But I do notice that if I drink every night for a week my fasting BGs start to creep up again. This may be because alcohol makes me graze and lessens my willpower - too many Ryvitas before bed :lol: - OR it could be because the wine takes me too low overnight and I have a small liver dump that shows in the morning. I've not had a night-time hypo since diagnosis, though.
There are two things to note in this - first para shows that anyone, even a non-diabetic, can have a hypo. I was definitely NOT diabetic when these started, though I was probably insulin resistant.
Second - even when BGs are nice and stable, too much alcohol on a regular basis affects willpower and the liver. My liver has been very good to me, and is still working fine; however, I wouldn't recommend anyone to have it as a transplant when I'm gone!
Plus a third thought - alcohol acts as an inflammatory in the body, and inflammation is involved with many problems, including pancreatic malfunction.
There is a saying that someone who drinks regularly, even one every evening, has the first foot on the road to alcoholism. I have never considered myself an alcoholic, because I have always been able to stop, even for months at a time. I'm very aware of it, though, because my father died of whisky and I'm definitely not going that way :shock: One a day shouldn't hurt - as long as it's not one bottle :wink:
I'm not saying 'don't drink alcohol' (who, me? :shock:
). I'm saying 'be aware of the whole picture'. A little of what you fancy does you good :wink: Just don't fancy too much of it.
Viv 8)