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How much alcohol does everyone drink?

500 ML is just normal for a diet everyday. This could provide your calorie needs better and easier. Anyway, that is a great reason for drinking alcohol.
 
Before being diagnosed two weeks ago with t2, I enjoyed a good drink, polish off a bottle of vodka in a night, can I still do this?
 
I manage fine without any alcohol - have done so for about 30 years. Just my choice - no medical or psychological reason. Quite happy with my Asda Diet Cream Soda
 
I only drink tea, water and a couple of fresh berry smoothies a week. Never liked alcohol very much and just stopped drinking it several years ago. I actually feel sorry for recovering alcoholics as our social culture revolves around booze - I've been invited to places where the host is mortified that I am happy with a glass of water - one comment "There is something wrong with you!" really? I'm not the one who needs a drink!
My friends husband who is diabetic liking the occasional beer discovered that most brewers are adding in all sorts of other sugars that were aggravating condition, he found a German brew, if anyone wants to know the brand I'll ask him.
 
I didn't drink alcohol before being diagnosed. I drink robinsons Apple and blackcurrant squash, or sainsburys diet lemonade with diet vimto in. When out either diet coke if I know it's in a bottle or a glass of tap water to which I squirt in squash.
 
My wife and I share a bottle of red or white wine most evenings with our evening dinner.
Possibly a bit too much but we enjoy life.
 
Evelynross said:
Before being diagnosed two weeks ago with t2, I enjoyed a good drink, polish off a bottle of vodka in a night, can I still do this?
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You know the answer as well as I do but I can't stop altogether so I've decided vodka is better than cider, lager and beer. I try to restrict myself to one bottle on a Saturday, not always successful
 
I drink Taittinger on birthdays, anniversary etc but otherwise keep clear since diagnosis. I don't want to burden my liver with processing anything it doesn't need to, so that's also why I don't eat food with additives.

Additionally, my husband has a bit of a drinking problem and knocking back red wine would just encourage him, even if it was good for my heart and BG.
 
I only really drink red wine on two occasions, when its my birthday, and when its not my birthday!!!
 
Redsnapper said:
Yep Red wine it's not just for breakfast anymore!!!!!!
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As a teenager in South of France me and my Pa would go to the co-op at Cuers and buy wine from a pump. Any day he wasn't driving Pa would have a glass with breakfast !
 
I have a couple of glasses of white wine with dinner most nights. My diabetes nurse used to talk to me as if I was an alcoholic. I don't think it hurts with food. I like a glass of red on occasion or a glass of champagne or prossecco sometimes. Why not?
 
I used to have about half bottle red wine on weekends but my doctor suggested to control it to no more than two glasses per day initially - but sometimes it's hard to keep track of! So far I'm managing fine and haven't noticed any side effects
 
I like a glass of red...or white....at night when relaxing....not every night though....I enjoy it.....
 
I enjoy wine. A lot. I try and not drink it during the week as I have to get up far too early, but at the weekends it's a free for all!
 
I cut down on my drinking after Christmas/new year time 2014/2015, unless we go to partys etc I still have had a drink, which is normally lager. I had a scan on my liver in maybe February this year and its fatty, so the doc suggested I cut down on alchohol, although id already cut down from having a couple of cans a night to maybe 3 cans a week. Now I have 2 cans a week. After being told im diabetic last week, and were going to a wedding on Sunday, I will be drinking, but will limit myself and maybe drink dry wine as suggested on here. I have also read and known people who have been diabetic and drank Pils lager, does anyone know if that's okay to have still.
 
I would say no, have a short with a diet mixer, or a few glasses of red wine with ur meal its much better for u
 
I don't drink any, I tried it once had three pints which is nothing compared to my usual night of drinking and it was affecting my blood sugar almost a day later. So I've given up on the alcohol saving myself a lot of money
 
What's the best alcohol vodka and diet mixer? Anyone tested with coors as that seems to be lower carb
 
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