This isn't a deal breaker for me but I would like to know if any sleevers have an occasional drink and how their body reacted.

My Doctor recommends to never drink again.. Anyone else?

My program also said a year out and to be careful w/the first drink. I think they are also scared of cross addiction. I'm not a big drinker although I do like bloody Cesar's and beer w/sushi. I'm just going to have to skip and be ok with it. A year out I may try it and see how I feel. Although I hear carbonation is forever a no no. At least in my program.

I'm 5 weeks out from surgery and had three drinks Sunday night with my dad who was visiting. Was it too early for that? Probably, and I realize that but I did it so....

Anyways what happened to me was that I felt it quicker, but I didn't get super drunk. However, I had the WORST hangover the next day and felt like crap. Before surgery, three drinks wouldn't have done much to me in terms of getting drunk/feeling hungover. It was bad though, felt pretty nauseous all day and had a killer headache. Lesson learned! It'll be a while before I try booze again.