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on 9/2/19 12:36 pm
I'm in Jacksonville, Florida. We are getting ready for Dorian. Are there any of you also in Florida or along coastal regions bracing for impact?
Good for you in avoiding the alcohol. However you might run into the same kind of situation again in the future, where people will want to pressure you into drinking or eating something off your plan. For me whenever I didn't want to drink, usually I could drink some sparkling water & just nurse that during the night. It looks just like sparkling wine. Walking around with a glass in my hand helped.
Maybe coming up with a list of things you can do or say will help you stay on track going forward. There was an old post that gave suggestions for situations similar to yours, but you might have to search for it.
Good luck going forward! 
No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another.
T-Rebel
Zero is the correct answer.
A few times I had a glass of wine at a wedding or New Year's Eve and would be stumbling around in a daze.
Never plan to do that again.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Go cold turkey. Seriously, just turkey. Heat it up if you want. High protein, low calorie, no carbs. Nutritious, and very filling. Pounds will roll off, and you won't feel like you are starving.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
I will avoid it moving forward too.
I successfully avoided it up till now but felt a bit of pressure from some of my guests to just have one drink to celebrate with everyone. Sounds kind of silly at my age to follow peer pressure but I did.
Because of the risk of transfer addiction, I chose to give up alcohol. It wasn't that important to me, so it was an easy choice to make.
Thank you so much for your advice. Pre surgery I was always fine with a glass or two of wine when socializing. I think I'll follow your lead though and abstain in the future. Getting to my goal and staying there is way more important to me than a glass of wine.
Your first reply was to me and not the OP - that's what gave me the impression you were not happy with the contrary advice I gave the OP.
I never wish anyone other than success, whatever path they choose. I know you have been trying to lose your regain for a while, which must be very frustrating.
As I said, I lost 60lbs last year, I understand what it takes to lose many years after surgery and I hope that your chosen method of liquid fasting works for you this time.
Proud Feminist, Atheist, LGBT friend, and Democratic Socialist
I try to avoid it. I've had alcohol three times in the last five years, only 1-2 glasses of wine each time, and not only does it hit me HARD, I find that I like it way more than I did pre-surgery. Since alcoholism runs on my mom's side of the family (luckily, she doesn't have it...), and since bariatric patients are at greater risk of developing it than the normal population, I'd rather not go there.
What is the appropriate amount of alcohol one can consume 5 months after surgery?
IMO the answer is "ZERO" or "0".: NONE
As we are losing weight, the process could be really hard on the liver. Add alcohol and in some extreme situation, liver damage is possible.
I never had problem with alcohol before my WLS. And I would never consider having issues of controlling how much I would drink if I start drinking. Over the years I realized that I have no problems not drinking alcohol at all, but when I have a serving of alcoholic beverage, I may have hard time limiting how much I drink. Alcohol affects me very differently than before I had WLS. I can get drank on small amount of alcohol, but it also wears out much faster. And that makes me want more.
Based on my experience, drinking alcohol not only allowed me to eat more food, but on 2 occasions when I chose to add alcohol to my way of eating, I gained weight and gained rather fast. Losing regain was very difficult for me when I had an occasional drink(s) over a weekend, or when out socializing. I had 2 significant regains of app 30-35 lbs each time. When I stopped drinking alcohol, I was able to lose regain without feeling deprived.
I know that if I started drinking alcohol before I got to my goal, I probably would have issues getting to my goal. I lost over 100 lbs in a 6 months.
Good luck.
Edited to correct some misspelled words.
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...."
