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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SimonP78" data-source="post: 2711530" data-attributes="member: 556474">When I used to drink like a student, while I was a student, I wouldn't tend to take insulin for alcohol (unless it was a cocktail night and no dancing), but would always reduce insulin for evening meals (when out drinking) and would always require a bedtime snack and would also tend to be low in the morning. It was certainly partly the alcohol, but also the being out dancing, walking around between bars, etc., has a definite effect on stopping the immediate effects of beer raising blood glucose levels.I don't tend to drink very often these days, but I'd not bolus for wine (unless it's sweet and lots, yuck) or I'm eating snacky things with it, I will generally bolus something for beer though I usually wait to see what happens after the first pint (as I only drink when out plus beers are different, so BG may decide to go up or just be happily flat). I would definitely bolus for cider.I don't drink enough to worry about overnight effects these days, but I do have an inkling that my FotF started when I gave up the habitual after work glass or two or three of wine a couple of years back.</blockquote>

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