Diabetic beer olympics: advice on alcohol use?

LarissaW
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:26:45 +0000
Type 1 & LADA

I love drinking

And I really don’t know what to do with diabetes when I’m drinking. What I’ve done in college and post-college drinking is just not bolus for any drinks, have lots of drinks, go up to 400ish, then overnight I would come down (from my basal going but no glucose release from my poor liver (I’m guessing)) to wake up low. I reaaaaalllly want to figure out a better plan for dealing with diabetes when drinking

So heads up lots of questions coming up, and I may have missed the correct threads here on FUD when I was searching around, so apologies in advance!!!

Do you bolus for alcohol? How much? I’m guessing it depends on what you’re drinking …

So do you do different types of boluses/carb counting for different kinds of alcohol?

What’s the timing on prebolusing/bolusing for alcohol?

What do you do for lows that may result from drinking? Temp basals once you get in bed?

Do you use different “protocols”/diabetes management when you’re having just a couple drinks vs a big drinking night? I think I’ve noticed that just a few drinks won’t fry my liver from releasing glucose later on

Do you adjust how you bolus for food when you’ve been drinking? I’m guessing this may only apply if you’ve drank a lot?

THANKS so much in advance for any advice!!! I know it’s not all cut and dry but I feel pretty clueless and not properly equipped

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