# Drinking and Type 1 Diabetes. A long discussion, with some good 'splainin

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/drinking-and-type-1-diabetes-a-long-discussion-with-some-good-splainin/4202>\
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA\
**Tags:** alcohol, drinking\
**Created:** [June 8, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/drinking-and-type-1-diabetes-a-long-discussion-with-some-good-splainin/4202 "2018-06-08T22:31:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/drinking-and-type-1-diabetes-a-long-discussion-with-some-good-splainin/4202/6 "2018-06-09T14:08:03Z")

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> [@14 hours without insulin... what could you expect to happen?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/14-hours-without-insulin-what-could-you-expect-to-happen/4165/40):
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> That would be really funny if whiskey were part of my emergency kit.

Not at all. It does double duty [as an antiseptic](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2978/can-liquor-be-used-as-an-emergency-antiseptic/), so you won’t need to pack alcohol swabs as well. Plus you will instantly become BFFs with all the other scavengers.

> [@14 hours without insulin... what could you expect to happen?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/14-hours-without-insulin-what-could-you-expect-to-happen/4165/44):
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> if you’re having alcohol with sugary mixes, might it tone down the effects?

This is my experience, though I always eat at least a little something while I’m drinking, so it’s hard to differentiate. My evening cocktails almost always contain some carb – sugar, sugar syrup, a carb bitter like Campari – and I do not go low later.

But I also don’t drink in quantity. One cocktail, maybe one and a half if someone twists my arm, maybe on a weekend a glass of wine or two as well. If I’m out I will probably drink more wine, but the evening is pretty much shot anyway as far as tight control goes, since carb-counting is a guessing game and accurate prebolusing times go out the window.

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