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Message: <blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1563657" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>So, usually your liver trickles out glucose during the day and night to keep your energy up when you aren't eating anything. The trickle of glucose from the liver is what your long acting insulin is dealing with. But your liver can't multi task. If it's busy dealing with alcohol, it won't be able to trickle out glucose. That's why you aren't advised to bolus for alcohol and you are advised to eat before going to sleep - something like toast or chip, so yes a takeaway. Because the risk of hypos from alcohol materialises a few hours after drinking, when you liver is busy, so it might be during the night or the morning after. And trust me, trying to treat a hypo when you're hungover is no fun at all!</p></blockquote><p></p>

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