# Alcohol **URL:** \ **Category:** Food & Diet\ **Tags:** alcohol, drinking\ **Created:** [August 24, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698 "2017-08-24T01:45:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/1 "2017-08-24T01:45:50Z")
Ok, I only really only started treating my d in Dec (through diet), then insulin in Feb, and by then I was very pregnant. Then I had a newborn I was breastfeeding. So…basically outside of a couple sips of my husband’s hard cider here and there the past month, I haven’t had any alcohol in a year. Aside from my alcohol tolerance being pretty much gone, I’m nervous about drinking while on insulin, but my birthday is this weekend 😁 - any tips or resources y’all could point me towards? Oh - and I should add, I have a sensitivity to alcohol and/or sulfites, so I only ever drink a max of 1/3 glass white wine or 1/2 a hard cider at a time to avoid a horrific migraine. ---
**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/2 "2017-08-24T01:58:00Z")
Organic wine without sulfites. I have no idea what I am doing when it comes to wine. I am fine with bag wine. Really. Whatever. So when I need a bottle for an event where I want to seem somewhat civilized, I ask the peeps at the wine store for a decent Organic Wine without Sulfites. This MIGHT alleviate your headaches. I will let one of the D adults give you actual info on D and alcohol. We are not at that phase yet. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/3 "2017-08-24T02:39:56Z")
> [@Pianoplayer7008](#): > > I’m nervous about drinking while on insulin There are a few carbs in wine, but not too much. About 4-5 grams in a glass. It’s not too hard to balance it into your meal or celebration. Just plan for it and adjust, and add it into your carbs if you are counting them. If you are taking insulin for it, keep in mind that wine is not usually a sharp spike, the carbs are very slow. * * * If you like cider, this is something to try. Most ciders have a good bit of sugar in them, and will cause a quick spike, but this one is much lower in carbs and is a lot slower than most ciders. It’s a dry cider, not very sweet. This one is less likely to spike your BG than the sweet ones. Virtue Michigan Brut [http://www.virtuecider.com/michigan-brut/](http://www.virtuecider.com/michigan-brut/) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/5/5fe60f5bbdd87f8cd6bd1b4a7a898b046f29e349.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/4 "2017-08-24T03:19:58Z")
I never, ever bolus for wine (and I drink a lot of it) and invariably if I have more than 1 or 2 I’ll end up low all night and into the next day… not like urgent low just trending lower than I otherwise would ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/5 "2017-08-24T04:09:48Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > This one is less likely to spike your BG than the sweet ones. Thanks! I’ll check that one out. > [@Sam](#): > > I never, ever bolus for wine Awesome. Hopefully I’ll have similar success - I miss wine! ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/6 "2017-08-24T04:12:04Z")
Although wine can potentially raise some people’s bg, the real risk and potential danger is the substantial slowing of glucogenesis (your livers natural insulin production of glucose) so when that happens all of a sudden your basal can go from being just right to counteract it to being way too much… just test a lot and don’t overdue it until you know what to expect ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/7 "2017-08-24T04:27:09Z")
Yeah, I’m not on basal yet, so no danger from that, thank goodness. And I have a built in control of that sensitivity or whatever it is to keep me from drinking too much. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/8 "2017-08-24T04:49:59Z")
Then there is no danger. Choose drinks that don’t require bolus insulin and start out with normal blood sugar… you’ll be fine ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/9 "2017-08-24T12:30:56Z")
Good to know - that makes perfect sense. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/10 "2017-08-24T20:07:16Z")
When I go out, I like to order Effen vodka. Just because it’s fun to say, “Give me an Effen vodka!” [https://www.effenvodka.com/](https://www.effenvodka.com/) ![Untitled](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/e/e57d8a9b23b127579032256b30980403a0bce2b0.png) ---
**Author:** ![jag1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jag1](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jag1)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/11 "2017-08-25T18:51:36Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > When I go out, I like to order Effen vodka. Just because it’s fun to say, “Give me an Effen vodka!” Cucumber vodka? What marketing genius thought that one up? ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/12 "2017-08-25T19:28:24Z")
> [@jag1](#): > > Cucumber vodka? What marketing genius thought that one up? Maybe they saw the popularity of Hendrick’s gin, which uses cucumber as a flavoring agent. If you order a gin and tonic with Hendrick’s, they usually use a cucumber slice instead of a lime slice. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/a/a21242dde5926e61372b0cb01ad07cbde9b70db6.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/13 "2017-08-25T19:41:35Z")
And it is tasty served that way. In a South American beach town, we were served ice cold Hendrik’s with a small amount of cucumber puree and it was very tasty and refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![TravelingOn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/travelingon/32/1583_2.png) [@TravelingOn](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TravelingOn)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/14 "2017-08-26T01:37:42Z")
I will second the DRY cider options. My boyfriend EH finds them much easier on the D than wine. Also, have you considered developing a scotch or whiskey habit? No mixers other than ice or water? 🥂 ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/15 "2017-08-26T02:02:07Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > When I go out, I like to order Effen vodka. Just because it’s fun to say, “Give me an Effen vodka!” Ok, that made me laugh. I’d be tempted to order it just for that reason, too! > [@TravelingOn](#): > > Also, have you considered developing a scotch or whiskey habit? No mixers other than ice or water? Unfortunately, I’m almost positive I’m sensitive to alcohol - thought it was just sulfites at first, but the more I research it, the more unlikely that becomes - so the alcohol content alone would probably be problematic for me. I would definitely have to work to develop a taste for them, haha…I discovered the alcohol sensitivity shortly before I turned 21, so I haven’t ever had the opportunity to drink much. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/16 "2017-08-26T02:11:57Z")
> [@TravelingOn](#): > > Also, have you considered developing a scotch or whiskey habit? I actually already have a (expensive) habit of Macallan single malt. Though my habit is not as expensive as the 40 year. The 12 or 18 works just fine. 🙂 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/6/6f5f05c71e7750c234ed32101aa6c27ea7f233ba.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TravelingOn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/travelingon/32/1583_2.png) [@TravelingOn](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/TravelingOn)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/17 "2017-08-26T03:50:03Z")
I happened to read the following, before I looked at the price, and I thought “Well, that would make a nice gift!” Nope. So would half of a new car! Wowza! You’ll never talk @Pianoplayer7008 into a scotch habit! > [@Eric](#): > > Though my habit is not as expensive as the 40 year. @Pianoplayer7008 I’m so sorry about your sensitivity to alcohol, but I do feel like at times drinking is highly overrated. I am a big fan of the club soda and lime strategy - or really any non-boozy drink plus a twist - so I can feel like I am participating in the evening, without having to get smashed along with everyone else. That being said, EH and I do like getting a bit tipsy now and again, I have talked to a number of T1D folks, and they manage to do drinking+insulin safely. Even EH’s FNP/CDE lady suggests the booze-no-sugary-mixers route as a suggested method of fun times (which is a huge improvement over the first three endo’s who said: no. alcohol. ever.) He has had a hard time controlling his BG after a lot of cocktails, but generally it trends high, not low. ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/18 "2017-08-26T03:56:29Z")
> [@TravelingOn](#): > > I do feel like at times drinking is highly overrated. Yeah, I don’t think I would drink a lot even if I could, but sometimes I feel it would be nice to have something to take the edge off after a stressful day (I struggle a bit with anxiety, especially the past year or so) or to just enjoy a drink when out with friends or with family! Non-boozy drinks with a twist might be the route to go. ---
**Author:** ![CatLady](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/catlady/32/36_2.png) [@CatLady](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/CatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/19 "2017-08-26T04:53:27Z")
I like a couple of glasses of wine dinner and find that in the morning I either have to eat more carbs (Danish, anyone?) or lower my basal for a couple of hours to prevent lows. ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698/20 "2017-08-26T20:00:58Z")
That’s interesting! I have to take more insulin in the mornings just to eat breakfast (and generally have to eat less carbs than at other meals to avoid spiking) - maybe a wine habit might help. 😜 [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/alcohol/1698.md?page=2)