Re: harm of drinking a beer or two every nite

[Guest guest]

1. The " empty " calories; sabotages your weight loss or weight maintenance.

2. The carbonation can expand your pouch or smaller stomach,

depending on which surgery you had.

3. A " beer or two " will often lead to a beer or two or three or four,

and you're back on the road to alcoholism.

Sounds like you are looking for permission or absolution from the

board members. You won't get it from me. You have to assume adult

responsibility for your own behavior.

One day at a time,

Steve

At 3:46 AM +0000 11/3/02, tothemax57 wrote:

>What is the harm (if any) of drinking a beer or two every nite?

[Guest guest]

Can't find the first post here but meant to reply as well...

beer, alcoholic beverage all = liquid sugar, no nutrition and...

My biggest concern would be the switch of addictions... can't get the

emotional comfort from food, no relaxation from food, no more stuffing

feelings with food anymore, no more using food to " change the way I feel "

but booze will provide all those things for me so I'll just use liquid sugar

that has the side effect of numbing the rest of what I'm feeling... so, why

not a beer or two or a glass of wine or two for me?

The chances of addictive personalities switching addictions is huge %'s for

me -- it just isn't an option besides the fact that I'd wear all that sugar

right on my tummy, butt, thighs and eventually, in a short time totally

sabotage my weight loss and my health.

That's just me though and everyone is different... regardless of our

differences I think a great deal of truth rest in... these statements

Steve said:

> Sounds like you are looking for permission or absolution from the

> board members. You won't get it from me. You have to assume adult

> responsibility for your own behavior.

> One day at a time,

> >What is the harm (if any) of drinking a beer or two every nite?

[Guest guest]

Drinking can be Ok if you are responsible and are fully aware of how

differently it can effect you post wls.

I don't have the article handy right now, but after some research I

discovered some disturbing info about how a very little bit of

alcohol can have unpredictable consequences.

WLS patients can, under no circumstances, be safe drinking more than

2 oz. in ANY 24 HOUR PERIOD.

A small amount of alcohol can " speedball " into your system and cause

unusually high blood alcohol levels. Diabetics have this same

problem.

Forget about the body weight and the " safe " amount of alcohol

consumption. Forget about the 1 oz. per hour theory.

It's like russian roulette...you never know when it will effect you.

I know from personal experience. When I hit a 100 pound loss I

celebrated with 3 vodka tonics one night while watching two chick

flicks then went to sleep. The next day with lunch I had A, ONE

drink. I then got in my car, feeling totally sober and 30 minutes

later I was pulled over by CHP and I was drunk. It happened so fast,

I don't even know when it hit me. I blew a .22, nearly 3x the legal

limit and got a DUI. Me, the totally pristine soccer mom!

The effect is cumulative. 2 oz....24 hours.

Thank God the CHP stopped me. I could have blacked out. I could have

killed someone.

At .25 and above, it's blackout territory. At .3, the body's

respiratory system starts to fail. In the first time DUI class I now

have to attend, my instructor said he had a diabetic in his class who

blew a .4. Scary...lucky to be alive.

Well, that's my dirty little secret. Hope it helps someone. Do what

you want, just be informed.

Vicki A.

> >What is the harm (if any) of drinking a beer or two every nite?