Hey being new to Crohns Disease im starting to learn what I can and can't eat and drink..Im just wondering what everyones take on Drinking alcohol>>I'm coming from a lifestyle that social drinking is encouraged..
Thanks
Tim
Thanks
Tim
I don't think any of us has trouble picturing you as THE party animal of the 80s!!I was young once believe it or not, and was THE party animal!
Just wondering to all the people that have had drinks with Crohns, do you feel the negative effects right away or does it just hit you harder the next day?I haven't drank in at least 2 years,I don't think I could handle even a girly drink at this point. I used to drink pretty hardcore in my early 20's. I was a fool and dabbled in a few hard drugs also in college, I'm sure that didn't help anything :/. I just stick to MJ now, it helps with Nausea/Appetite.
I feel ill while I'm drinking - bloated, crampy etc but after a bit it numbs which is the only good bit. However I'm punished the next day with awful cramps and toilet visits and always promise myself not to do it again. Its horrible.with ale i find within the hr.. doesnt hurt but u know its a problem
thing is i can wine, a fair few whiskeys, bit of vodka and coke, few shots (sambuca, tequila, jager) as one does and the next day i feel like shit (headaches, lethargic).. does everyone else with crohns get that?
Do you mean all these in one night? If so, I think everyone else,crohns or no, gets that!! Hell, I'm a little queazy just reading it!!!thing is i can wine, a fair few whiskeys, bit of vodka and coke, few shots (sambuca, tequila, jager) as one does and the next day i feel like shit (headaches, lethargic).. does everyone else with crohns get that?
Ha, good thing you are past the stage of a purple Jesus party... went once, but I wasn't about drink that potion!:shifty-t:Do you mean all these in one night? If so, I think everyone else,crohns or no, gets that!! Hell, I'm a little queazy just reading it!!!
Yes! I've wondered why I feel fine at breakfast but SICK by lunch & through dinner :-/Just wondering to all the people that have had drinks with Crohns, do you feel the negative effects right away or does it just hit you harder the next day?
For me, I have no negative effects at all the night that Im drinking. The next day I start to recover normally. Then mid/late afternoon, I get hit with a low fever, horrible nausea, fatigue, and bloating. No pain though.
Haha that is me...I totally have those two lists. I'm on weekly methotrexate and biweekly Humira so I was told not more than two drinks a month because of liver issues. I can't drink beer...hurts my guts immediately. I can handle a glass or two of wine. I have had a couple vodka drinks and didn't make my ass hurt. I had some Jamaican rum drinks back in January and it bothered me the next morning quite a bit but damn, did I feel good at the time. Such a light weight so I was feeling no pain at the time after those two drinks lol however I won't be doing that again. Not worth it. I feel that you just need to figure that stuff out for one's self, keeping in mind the risks regarding alcohol and medications. But yah, generally most chrohnies find alcohol is a trigger.i have had to make two lists for life: Things That Make My Ass Hurt and Things That Don't Make My Ass Hurt. Booze is definitely on the first list. I can have one beer every once in a while, but i think my last flare was partially kicked off by Bacardi 151.
Booze is hard on the body and if you are on bunches of meds like me, who knows what the interactions are. So I guess my two cents is - be nice to your liver and also make two lists
ps it's my birthday this weekend so maybe i will sneak a shot....sssshhhh.....