Its pretty much true what they told you...being your stomach is smaller you would be getting drunker faster..talk to your doctor and nutritionist

It's true. Even things like Benadryl might make you a little loopy after surgery.

I really haven't had too many drinks post sleeve, but last night was the first time I had two pretty strong drinks. And I felt it. Pre-sleeve it would normally take about 4 maker's (usually a three finger pour) to get me slightly buzzed. Was I the legal limit? I doubt it, but the reality is a smaller stomach and a smaller you - it will take less to get your BAC to the limit.

I am 9 weeks post op and have been drinking to times now. I can drink exatly as much as before i had the surgery , no difference there !!

I actually hoped that i could drink a little less because i am soooo hangovered the next day :-D

If my memory is correct, because of the smaller stomach, the drinks will hit faster and will take longer to filter. The liver can process about 1 oz per hour under normal conditions. After surgery, there will be less food consumed and your BMI will change. This will cause the process to slow or the absorption rate to increase. This is the same reason that someone that is 100 lbs will get drunk faster than someone that is 300 lbs. I hope this helps to explain it. I had several classes on this as a Bar Manager. :-)

My doc says you're a cheap drunk. Less alcohol makes you drunk.

I am 3 months post op and I find I cant drink as much as before. I've always been a lightweight with alcohol, but now I REALLY am. One glass of wine and I'm done, and I need to take 2 hours to finish it! Anymore or if I drink too fast and I feel wickedly hung over the next day.

My Doc said no alcohol for a year! I am just glad to hear I might be able to have a specialty cocktail on my Disney Cruise in November. I am not much of a drinker, but have been waiting 4 years to have a conch cooler and only Disney makes them. The best blended sweet drink ever! I am only 2 weeks out since my surgery so by November maybe my tummy can handle one.

Yes, I have heard this. And its quite serious. 1/2 a drink jacked me UP. It drops right into our system now. Follow Dr's orders, each one is a tad different. Its no joke

i get buzzed quicker, but one night i only had a few glasses of wine and I felt totally sober later on.. weird..but I have kept drinking and and got smashed before. or after a few i just don't want anymore.. each time seems to be different.

what is wrong with me :-D i can drink a half bottle of strong liquor within 3 hours , and of course be drunk but not more then before ... I only drink when i go to parties (so it is not because my liver is use to much alcohol intake..

Maybe it is because i am danish and a true viking by blood , lol :-D

i had class reunion 2weeks ago and drank enough where i was drunk when i left and paid for it the next day. was sick with bile throwing up a few times and hungover all day.. not going thru that ever again. dry heaves and all scared me to the point i thought i damaged my pouch.. thats 2 months post op

From my own experience...1 orange crush gets me drunk, cheap date-I know. Before...this was not the case at all.

Wine doesn't affect me like that though....

If you want to be safe...keep a breathalizer in the car...they sell them for around $60 or so, if you shouldn't drive yet....hang out and check again later.

Go back and read some of my blogs that I posted about alcohol, your nut is right. I took 3 sips of a margarita and was HAMMERED last week. Its like injecting alcohol straight into our veins, once sleeved-

I can't drink as much as before, but I have had more than one drink. I do feel the effects faster, so i go slower or have mixers. No biggie. I honestly find that it's self-managing - I don't feel like drinking as fast/much, very similar to the food intake. All proportionatley smaller.