Alcohol has never played a big part in my life. Probably helped by the fact that I hate wine (don't stone me, please!) and that my driug of choice was food. So I haven't bothered to drink since being sleeved.

However, with the festive season looming, it might be nice to have a non-fizzy go-to drink. I am slightly apprehensive about drinking anything (heard the horror stories of how quickly you can get wrecked) but what's your experience of introducing alcohol to your sleeve? And what's your favourite tipple now? Thanks...

*shudder* this thread is bringing back some bad spring break memories .... I'm seeing a toilet bowl, close up, full of out of focus gold sparkles ........

I can never ever ever ever. ever, ever, ever ever. EVER EVER drink anything cinnamon flavored again, after an .... incident with Goldschlagger in college.

Never.

Ever.

Never? ever???

We all have those, I think. Mine was Slo Gin and Coke..... Nasssssssty.

I do like good wine and have a wine cellar... but no wine till T'Giving, and then it will remain a rare pleasure...

Funny! ^^^ how soon after surgery was it safe to have a drink?

I like Moscato wine, but rarely drink. I wasn't much of a drinker before surgery, and even less so, now. The few times I've had a drink, I didn't even finish it, though I don't think it made me tipsy or drunk in any way. Probably a good thing I'm not into it, because I'd be drinking a lot of it, lol.

When I was recently in Germany it was Rhein wine season, a lot of festivals, and I got this one white ... Steinbauer or something, it was simply the most delicious liquid I had ever put in my mouth, it was like drinking pure February sunlight over a frozen fjord, surrounded by the first snowdrop flowers. Seriously.

Goldschläger sounds fascinating so I went onto wikipedia to read about it. It actually has 13 mg gold flakes per 1 litre!!

That got me thinking about how much Goldschläger one would need to buy to have 1 ounce of gold and would it be economical given the current market value of gold.

Let's find out!

1 ounce of gold contains 28,349.5 milligrams.

1 ounce of gold is currently valued at 1350.80 dollars on the gold spot market as of yesterday.

1 liter of Goldschläger has 13 mg of gold.

1 liter of Goldschläger costs about 25 in the US.

It would take 2180 bottles of Goldschläger valued at 54500 dollars to theoretically have 1 ounce of gold valued at 1350.

So it is clearly not economical to use Goldschläger drinking as a way to make money.

However, if you buy the Goldschläger and the gold before the value of the dollar collapses (just a matter of time), then you may have a chance of profiting in this endeavor. Gold is expected to hit 10,000 an ounce when this occurs.

Best that you have a lot of friends to help with the drinking.

The crazy things I think about when reading VST in bed after waking up. Lol.

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I have about 2 drinks per week. It really varies, but I don't do tall drinks because there is too much mixer. So it's mostly flavored martini style (lemon drop or a seasonal flavor), port, or wine.

Lynda

Funny! ^^^ how soon after surgery was it safe to have a drink?

Every program is different, my program allows 1-2 drinks per week after the 6 month post op appt if all is well.

Lynda

Never? ever???

We all have those, I think. Mine was Slo Gin and Coke..... Nasssssssty.

I do like good wine and have a wine cellar... but no wine till T'Giving, and then it will remain a rare pleasure...

For me I also had a bad Goldshlagger experience and a Slow Gin experience... I stick to wine now, and honestly 1 glass is plenty.

I didn't have anything until about fourteen months out, but I don't drink often. The only things I've really had are choc martinis, pineapple juice and Malibu rum and Kahlua and coffee.

I will have a Margarita or a Mai Tai about once a month. I an only drink so much before I get a bit tipsy too.....

I enjoy a glass of red wine or a shot of nice bourbon. I prefer "pure" things instead of cocktails most of the time so I know what is in them. I do enjoy an old fashioned or a gin martini on occasion. I choose them because they are simple and don't use fruit juice. I used to love gin and tonic, but don't have that anymore for obvious reasons.

Scotch wisky, Bourbon, or a manhattan.

I will miss the bubbly. I do love the bubbly!

I will miss the bubbly. I do love the bubbly!

Just had a glass for the first time. Stomach didn't blow up but it did make me burp A LOT. It was a special occasion so don't know when I'll have more but I enjoyed it!