Hi Diva,
You're not alone, that's for sure.
I've always been a sociable person, loved going out for drinks with my friends, partying etc, but these days I honestly just cannot cope at all with the alcohol.
Take Super Saturday just gone, for example. We had friends and family over to watch the Olympics, food spread and all that but I didn't have a drink until later in the evening. I had 2 small glasses of dry white wine in the space of 3 hours and ended up on the floor shaking like nobody's business, riddled with ketones. Convinced I was going to die, my other half checked my bloods and I was at 18.1. Threw my guts up all night and found it incredibly difficult just to drink water. Like another member said, I then had to struggle throughout the following day trying to keep my levels up. For some reason, taking sweet stuff under pressure makes me gag!
Now this sounds daft, but there was NO WAY I was going to the hospital...the shame alone would have wiped me out!
I had to check my bg every hour, drink more water than I could cope with and rest for the entire day. I felt like I'd had a right kicking.
We're going on our first holiday in four years in a couple of weeks and I have already decided that alcohol is off the menu. End of! I just can't do it any more. In fact, I have learned over the years that Tequila is the only thing I can drink without getting sick so I just won't bother. I've had T1 for 17 years and what happened to me at the weekend was the final straw...I could have died and it's just not worth it. Back in the day, I used to have beer to make my sugars higher and spirits to bring it down. A dangerous game I will no longer be playing.