[wardmw]

Hi Adam,

Just following up on your post and the useful info from Dano's website I thought you'd like some experiential information, i.e. this is what happens to me:

During and shortly after a heavy session my BGs are higher than normal, but around three hours after the last drink it goes in to free fall, I had a few serious night time hypos before I figured this out.

I drink fairly regularly but one or two times a year I get totally trolleyed at a few regular parties, so the regime I use is:
1. Set an alarm in my tent/room for about three or four AM, three hours after I expect to get to bed.
2. Eat a decent meal with lots of complex carbs before I start, or fairly soon after anyway (one of the parties I go to is a motorcycle rally and in these instances the "complex carbs" consists of chips because that's all there is!)
3. Before going to sleep perform a blood test and eat more complex carbs (peanuts at the afore-mentioned rally).
4. If I do wake up with the alarm goes off (see 1 above) do another test and eat if required.

Note that this is not a recipe for a long diabetic life. All the carbs you eat will push you high and that will a) need to be dealt with in the morning and b) could cause you problems in the far future (retinopathy et al). I use this regime not to live forever but to enjoy life with a little modicum of personal care.

To quote Hunter S. Thompson: Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!'"