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Originally Posted by sdupo
I have 4-6 crown and coks daily after work. On weekends I have more. My blood sugars have never been affected by either slight or extreme drunkenness. My doctor approves and drinks with me on Tuesday nights. He often has too much, but we have never tested his BG because he is not diabetic. YET!! He only works half a day and exercises very little. He is overweight and lacks personal grooming skills. But he says daily alcohol consumption flushes out the system. I feel great and my blood sugars run 70-100. I see no reason why heavy drinking should compromise anyone's diabetic control. Good luck.
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Pure alcohol in larger dozes lowers blood sugar and there is nothing to dispute that fact, I'm not talking about drinking gallons of light beer or wine. As you get drunk you’re getting numb and the body will not feel a low going into hypo. Thus it's easy to fall asleep drunk and not waking up again, ever. As a T1 one could enjoy alcohol but NEVER to the point that one is "hammered".
Daily alcohol to "flush system" means about 4centiliters tops. To have a doctor who drinks with you to that level should say, hey, my doctor might have a problem and I may get another one.