Alcohol after WLS

i have an occasional alcoholic beverage.  i'll usually order a shot of vodka in a pint glass with a lot of ice and water (so like a VERY big watered down vodka and water!).  then i add raspberry ice crystal light and i sip that pretty much the whole night.  i really have not had any issues.  i don't do this often since it's empty calories but my surgeon only advised me to abstain for 30 days and then said if you like to have a drink once in awhile, the occasional beverage will not hinder weight loss.  

i don't really get drunk and it doesn't seem to hit me that fast but then again i'm not consuming tons of it in short periods of time. 

When you said to abstain for 30 days, does that mean how long they told you not to drink?  i mean, i know what abstain means, but they said after one month, you could partake again?  I have heard so many things about this, and I know I am gonna get lectured on this, but I like me a drink!  Sorry, but I really do!  Not too much, just a drink sometimes!  But, I do also think I should find something else to drink.  I had a couple sips of my husbands beer during the vikings packers game, but i have never really drank beer.  I have drank vodka and oj, but oj has so much calories and sugar in it, probably not smart huh?!  :)  It interests me the differences in the guidelines. How about beans, corn, pork, things like that?  How long did you have to wait for that stuff?

well take care hun!  glad to see how great your doin!

love and kisses,
mandy

I enjoy the occasional glass of wine or 1/2 of a margarita lol I didn't drink much pre op, and don't drink much now, but when i do it affects me very quickly. i usually split a drink with my boyfriend because getting a whole one for myself is a waste as i will not fini**** I don't think it has affected my weight loss because i'm still losing weight on a consistant basis.

as for the professional above, like the others have said, you can have a drink and not do it to "cope". I learned how to "cope" with my emotional eating by going to therapy for 2 years in preparation of having my surgery. Put the discipline paddle away...we are all adults here, making adult decisions.

I am almost 7 years post op.  I drink socially and I have discovered that I get drunk faster, but I get over it very quickly.  I get "drunk" after one good stiff one or two weaker drinks.  Bourbon and Diet Coke.

After WLS alcohol has affected me 3 times as much as it did before. The biggest difference is when I get intoxicated now, I don't remember anything. It's like the littlest things i don't remember anymore.

I can have a glass of wine and feel it instantly. It's like the alcohol is being injected instantly in the blood stream.

I work for a Bariatric practice and I can tell you that no one should be drinking alcohol for 1 year post-op.  There are many reasons for that.  It absorbs quicker, it's empty calories, and it can affect other organs.  Also, there is the addiction issue- trading one addiction (food) for another (alcohol).  But if you feel comfortable with it and you are say, 9 or 10 months out- I'd say that is your choice.  I plan on having a glass or 2 for my 40th birthday, which will be exactly my 9-month mark. 

Of course drinking is your choice. So is eating too much. So is not exercising.

My question is why would you? It's not any tastier than non alcoholic drinks, It's not good for you, and in most ot the people writing in defense of it, it causes problems - even if they are minor. So unless you have a problem, why risk it?

Just be aware of what drinking alcohol is about.

http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/RethinkingDrinking/Rethinking_Drinking.pdf

Who are you to be telling everyone all of this stuff?  Are you a patient or just a moderator? 
Hey, life is short- stop fussing over what other people want to do.  You can get hit by a car, or shot, or have some other deadly health issue and - bam- next thing you are meeting your maker.  We are all mortal human beings.  Live's wayyyy to short to worry about someone having a glass of wine or whatever. 
And, you are wrong- to many people alcoholic beverages are tasty.  I will truly miss my beer (carbonated=not good) but will find another type of drink to have "occasionally" to relax and chill with.  No big deal, man!

Ok, I just read your profile and now I understand why you are so against alcohol.  That is understandable. 
Hey, look- we are all here to support each other - not to judge one another.  You have some very serious co-morbidities and health issues.  They will only get better after you have the surgery.  You are dong the right thing.  This could save your life (literally), so I wish you the best!
Peace~

Do you all know that after RYN 85% of the alcohol goes right to your liver? I would love to have a drink now and then but don't think that i am willing to risk my liver.