Alcohol numbs the stomach and in return you get the feeling that food is not such a problem anymore. While you still get full...you do not experience the general malaise associated with eating...or more so swallowing and waiting for the food to get into your stomach. At the same time you get a little buzz and life seems...for a short while...to be a little normal.

Be careful my friends...it is a dangerous slippery slide that can grab you in an instant and pull you down quickly.

I know for me, it lowers my inhibitions about eating so I'll eat things I normally wouldn't. It also causes a blood sugar spike and subsequent crash that will keep us heading for the kitchen.

Your post is timely. Last week, a 37-year-friend of mine (who had a RNY--gastric bypass--Sept. 30th), was slurring his words after having 3 drinks. Mind you, he's an alcoholic who had been doing very well until of late!

Also, since he's lost 100 pounds and is looking good, feeling cocky, and noticing the "honeys checking me out," (despite being married), he now feels he can do what he used to do--hang out and drink.

Being that he'd previously been in a car accident due to driving drunk, on Monday I actually contacted his doctor (who I met at Obesity Week last November), and I told the doc to contact his internist and get him in for new labs. Just a month ago, my friend said his internist told him his liver showed signs of him drinking again, and to stop! My friend then admitted to me that he said he'd only been drinking two glasses of wine, but in fact, was drinking a full bottle of wine every night.

Addictive personailities really need to be careful with the alcohol, especially given malabsoprtion, or altered absorption post-wls.

Thank you for your important post.