Alcohol

[viiki30 4]

Is it ok to drink alcohol 6 months post op

[Arts137 1,811]

In my program 6 months is the time before ETOH. I just had wine for Thanksgiving. 2 glasses. Got tipsy so WATCH OUT and stay in control, don't substitute alcohol for food! (it happens)

[julia7665 100]

I have had wine a few times, I am almost 6 months out. I too got tipsy after 2 glasses. The big thing, I think, is the fact that alcohol is high in calories. Drinking your calories can easily cause weight gain. So I try to keep alcohol to special occasions and not too excess.

[Fluffnomore 1,235]

Here's my newsflash. Think about what kind of a drinker you are. In a most small groups, or at home, I have absolutely no trouble with "one and done" or even none. (I work in nonprofits, so I think we "socially" drink more than most professions. One of my board members just shot me a note about our meeting tonight telling me that he will remember a corkscrew this time. Yup.)

However, if I get in the right kind of party situation..walking around, chatting, catching up, no repercussions from being unprofessional or people watching to see what I'm doing? I have discovered that I forget myself.

So this may totally not apply to you but I would highly recommend that you give your individual habits and tendencies some thought before you imbibe, especially in public. For me, just knowing how the alcohol would affect me didn't prepare me for being on good behavior. I'd been doing so well that I relaxed way too much.

This is the other side of whether you're ready. I was not, completely.