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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PD Oz" data-source="post: 1262535" data-attributes="member: 148226">That story is a real wake up call on the importance of staying focussed on preventing such bad experiences and developing routines which work.I have found that a couple of (self corrected) scares early in the months after starting on insulin, particularly at night time, led me to adopting quite a tight regime, while still enjoying alcohol drinks.The thing I find works best is always stick to the same dose (to food) and time any alcohol just before the main meal (or with lunch if lunching) and not go overboard with too much plonk.  Drinking it more slowly helps although that can be difficult when drinking with friends or colleagues.  Low carb beer, dry red wines and non spiced spirits on ice with no mixers do not make my BG go silly but they will cause a lessening of BG levels after the event.  Again avoiding too much can avoid bad lows after the event.I always expect the unexpected too and if waking up in the night to go to the toilet (especially in the phase when rapid insulin is still acting strongly ie within 6 hours of dose) do a BG test.  As we all know for some inexplicable reason a low will occur when you are not expecting one, alcohol or not.</blockquote>

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