when did you take your first drink of alcohol?

am only 3 weeks out and not thinking of drinknig anytime soon...but I am going on vacation to Jamaicia in April which will bring me to about 10 months out and really want to be able to enjoy a drink or two and be able to enjoy the food choices as well. Iam pretty sure by then I will be fine, but I just need some reassurance that I will be able to do these things.


I am 3 weeks out and down 14 pounds since surgery, down 33 pounds since I started the liquid diet....thats good right?

surgeons say 1 year. I tried it at 5 months and was ok.
I drank dry white wine because it has less sulfates then red. but it has lots of sugar in it and can make you dump.
I tried vodka this weekend at 6 months and its great. I drank it with ice. I dont know if you can drink straight vodka like that but when I mixed it with cranberry my pouch felt a little queasy. I drank it straight and I had no issues at all except for being very very drunk.
I dont condone drinking before your surgeon says you can. you really really really have to be careful because you can get wasted really fast and I would try it out in private at your home first in case you get sick or dump.
I also saw on Oprah how some women get WLS and then turn into alcoholics because they just transfer their food addiction to alcohol. Dont think it cant happen to me because that is who it happens to.
:)
dont do it at all but if you have to then try the white wine or vodka and in the privacy of your own home.

i was tol as long as i can digest food ok......
im almost 2 mo out and i had 1 shot of valka the other night ..i was fine it made 1000000% wasted though haha yes off of one shot soo be carful!

i'm about 6 months out and started experimenting with drinking again about last month.

Bacardi and diet coke is easy on the stomach and more recently i can get down light beer, which is delicious...but SOOOOOO MANY CALORIES.

i don't drink much, because geez you get trashed so fast!

I wait till the 6 month mark to have the 1th drink i thought i was going to get soo wasted and it was not like that at all! it was like it used to be.
u can start with a lil wine. i can´t drink wine mixed with other drinks like soft drink i dump bad
u can also have vodka or wisky or tequila that have not has much calories and is not made of sugar. u can mix  it with natural water  with a twist of lime, or thos flavored powders to mix with water
i love cranvery vodka. has a lot of sugar in it so u can may use some sf one.
also a good idea is to have ur drinks frappe `cuz is gonna be heavy in the pouch and u won´t be able to drink much lol.
good luck! and have fun just be carful this can be a transfer adiction specially with young people like us who party a lot! lol
take care
hugs.

I don't know when but definatly try it at home before you go on vacation. You don't wanna feel like **** outside of the US. Keep in mind alchol has 7cal per gram (4cal. per gram for carbs and protein and 9cal. per gram for fat). And if you get smashed you wanna be somewere safe. So drink safely... : ) 

I was around 8 months out when I had my first drink.  I would drink white wine (typically around 4 oz--I would sip and that was it).   I only drink once every month or two.  The last time I went out I had vodka on the rocks and mixed in a packet of crystal light and it was good.

Just a note--for me I get a buzz really quick, but then it is like I sober up and feel hung over quickly too.   It is odd and basically makes it easy for me to pass on drinking.

 I didn't drink tell a year out. I'm a rule follower and didn't need to know any sooner if my body was ok with consuming un-needed empty calaries. I've had a sip here and there of some different thing with no problem but I stick to Vodka and cranberry for the most part.  I'm two plus years out and can not handle much with out getting drunk. I dirnk slow and enjoy the tippsy feeling I get very easly. 

i tried a smirnoff at home.. i think it was the triple black.. had half of it.... i was super buzzed...

corona- forget it.. 2 or 3 gulps... im drunk...

yager and sugar free red bull---- ding ding ding... the best stuff.... but im 9 months out and just started to drink a bit...

try it at home like everyone said.. and you should be fine

be safe

 I had a small glass of wine 3 months out and still probably have maybe 3-5 alcoholic drinks a month...mostly wine.  

I'm not 10 months out yet but at 7 months, I do not feel deprived in my food choices what so ever.  There are so many healthy, tastey foods out there that you wont miss the bad stuff.   Plus, as you go along you'll just come to know what you can eat and what makes you sick so you'll go out of your way to avoid those things.  

~Emily~