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I rarely drink. I live near a moonshine store and recently on girls night out, we sampled the shine. I was VERY buzzed!!! I've noticed I can drink very little and get pretty drunk...but then I sober up very very fast. I'm usually sober by the time my girlfriends are getting buzzed. Does the alcohol hit your bloodstream faster??? I thought it only did this to gastric bypass people

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I rarely drink. I live near a moonshine store and recently on girls night out, we sampled the shine. I was VERY buzzed!!! I've noticed I can drink very little and get pretty drunk...but then I sober up very very fast. I'm usually sober by the time my girlfriends are getting buzzed. Does the alcohol hit your bloodstream faster??? I thought it only did this to gastric bypass people

How was the hangover?

I haven't had alcohol yet.

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Im a little over 7 months out and went to a concert this past weekend and really wanted to partake so my husband made me Jello shots. That way I could just have a little at a time and gauge the affect it had on me. It was the perfect solution. I had 2 and felt a little something, enough to giggle about it and about 20 minutes later I was ready for one more. I experimented and did 3 at one time and it was the perfect amount to get me dancing but not enough to act a fool lol. And I sobered up SO FAST and Im grateful to say that I did not have a hangover at all. I think Ill go the jello shot road the next time I partake. I dont want to sound like I drink often because if I drink twice a year thats a lot lol. This was my first time since being sleeved 7 months ago and I probably wont drink again until next summer. Probably :)

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I have read many people say the same thing. It does affect me more now but I drink less (1-2 drinks no more than 2 times per week) and I weigh less(over 100 lbs less!). I stay buzzed just as long as I did pre-op and it doesn't affect me faster. I didn't start to drink till I was six months out.

Lynda

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How was the hangover?

I haven't had alcohol yet.

No hangover....never really had one lol

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My Doctor says no sooner than 30 days. I am 19 days and 30 cant come soon enough! I had a sip of my friend's beer last night just to see if it gave me the burps, hiccups etc. nothing happened. So we went to a movie and I ordered an icee, not knowing the damn thing was carbonated. I figured "screw it" and got about half down with a few rumbles in my tummy, but nothing to write home about!

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My instructions were to avoid alcohol for one year post-surgery because it can cause an ulcer. However, I started having an occasional glass of wine, about once a week, about 1&1/2 months out. I don't notice that I get drunk or sober any differently than pre/-surgery. But I was always a cheap date! LOL!

pre-surgery weight 325; surgery date 2/28/2013; surgery weight 307; 8 weeks past-op weight 281.4; 12 weeks post-op 274; 4 month post-op 266.2

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Maybe I just get drunk easily? But I can "feel" half a glass of wine! 1 shot gets me goin and 3 shots and I'm gone lol

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I had a few beers and a couple glasses of wine on saturday (day 26). I know I am a bad boy, but the carbonation doesnt affect me unless I drink it fast. I had a half of a beer at a pub before a soccer match, a guinness at the soccer match, then a beer and a half again at the pub after the match. That night I went to a festival at Seattle Center and I had two glasses of wine while I was there. Never really got drunk. Had a nice lil buzz to take the edge off. No stomach issues and no hangover the next day. I also periodically drank Water throughout the day.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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