Wine?
I never had problem with drinking too much before RNY. I drank socially with my friends and even that not very often.
Post op RNY I got below my goal. I started having wine with dinner to help me eat more... It did ...I gained the 10 lbs I wanted...plus 25 more.. It took me like forever to lose the regain...
And I had problem with stopping the wine...or any alcohol.. RNY changed how my body reacted to alcohol. For a while I could not have any alcohol in the house. I am over that...but it was rough...
Alcohol often can prevents fat burning - so if I drank - my body would burn sugar and I would get hypoglycemic... so I had to eat more...
Now I drink wine or mixed drinks when I try to eat more and gain some weight. But I try to stick to no more than a glass of wine with dinner of heavy proteins.
Also - I noticed that alcohol irritates my pouch, unless I drink it with food.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Actually there is a lot of research on that..
https://www.facs.org/media/press%20releases/jacs/gastricbypa ss0311
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Definitely look at the search feature on this question because it has been asked before & you can get a lot of responses to read, plus sometimes a post can go way left.
Contact your Dr about the alcohol, I'm pretty sure he/she won't want you drinking right now for many reasons, with that said I can understand the urge to want to fit in, especially at parties.
You really have to wrap your brain around the concept that you have to do things differently from now on & develop strategies that won't derail your progress but still have a good time. It takes a lot of work, but it can be done.
Short answer is no, sip on sparkling water in a champagne flute, be a designated driver. You can have fun without the alcohol. I'm not saying say good bye to alcohol forever, but for right now, leave the **** on the shelf. 
No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another.
T-Rebel
Simple answer - never. Just don't drink any alcohol, unless you plan to get drank and stop losing weight.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Congratulations on your weight loss success before and after WLS. The hospital where I had RNY has been doing surgeries many years with longterm staff on board. I highly respect and try to follow their words; they hold their judgment like professionals even though they see or hear plenty of transfer addiction outcomes. At orientation, they spoke about the death of a recent patient from drinking at a bar shortly after surgery. I got the sense they were worried they hadn't warned about alcohol well enough. This death made them especially passionate how easily WLS patients can develop a transfer addiction. I have never liked alcohol so it has been easy to comply. Not the same is true when I'm staring at a piece of wedding cake when everyone else at the wedding is focused on the bride and groom. We all have our issues. Your question was honest; please choose to avoid alcohol.
on 11/5/16 10:56 am
There was a woman I knew she died from alcohol. She had the surgery and kept drinking. She ended up leaving a daughter who is 10 at the time of her death. And a husband to raise this daughter by himself.
The woman went to work one day. She ended up dying on the bathroom floor. She was a nurse at a hospital. She passed out wacked her head and never came out of it.
It can be very hard to see this family and her friends after having my surgery. They blame the surgery for her alcoholism.
I really feel sad telling this story. But it is true.
Not everyone turns into alcoholics. I just figured I would share this story.
