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  Kelly Wilhelm has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you drink alcohol, do any of the following types of alcohol cause a noticeable drop in your blood glucose, even if you do not bolus? Select all that apply to you.
  The harder the liquor the harder I fall. I really notice the drop with hard liquor even if mixed with sugar. I always eat when drinking and regardless I drop a few hours later.
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  K Ro has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you drink alcohol, do any of the following types of alcohol cause a noticeable drop in your blood glucose, even if you do not bolus? Select all that apply to you.
  Unless I drink an IPA or a sweet wine (i.e moscato) or mixed liquor drink with a mixer containing real sugar, I NEVER bolus. I rarely drink those things but they will cause a spike too quickly. If I did drink them I’d bolus for half the carbs. Light beer, seltzer, dry wine (like pino grios) or liquor with a diet drink I would never bolus for.
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  PamK has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you drink alcohol, do any of the following types of alcohol cause a noticeable drop in your blood glucose, even if you do not bolus? Select all that apply to you.
  I just wanted to add, just before I became legal to drink, my endo at the time, a T1D himself, told me to drink only one type of alcohol each time I went to a bar. Then to check my blood sugar 2, 4, and 6 hours after to see how that type of alcohol affected my blood sugar. That way, I'd know that if a drink made me drop, that I needed to eat something when having that drink in the future and not bolus (or bolus less). This was before CGM, so it was all done with finger sticks. I also did not have a pump. Even with these advances, this advice still works. Don't mix your drinks, until you know how the alcohol affects you!
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  PamK has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you drink alcohol, do any of the following types of alcohol cause a noticeable drop in your blood glucose, even if you do not bolus? Select all that apply to you.
  I know that the two types of alcohol that I checked, wine and rum, both make my blood sugar drop, but I'm not sure about the other options. Wine will sometimes make me drop and sometimes raise my blood sugar, so this is misleading. It really depends on what type of wine. As for the other types of alcohol listed, I usually have them in mixed drinks that I know are sweet, so I will bolus, but not due to the type of alcohol in the drink.
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  Marsha Miller has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you drink alcohol, do any of the following types of alcohol cause a noticeable drop in your blood glucose, even if you do not bolus? Select all that apply to you.
  I do not drink alcohol. Too much addictive behavior in my family genes. It is not worth it.
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  Jen Farley has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you drink alcohol, do any of the following types of alcohol cause a noticeable drop in your blood glucose, even if you do not bolus? Select all that apply to you.
  I do not drink.
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  Lawrence S. has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you drink alcohol, do any of the following types of alcohol cause a noticeable drop in your blood glucose, even if you do not bolus? Select all that apply to you.
  Many years ago, I heard in a lecture (I'm not sure where; maybe at the Joslin Clinic, or in a college course that I took, 45 to 50 years ago) that it is VERY dangerous for a diabetic to drink alcohol when his/her blood glucose is low. The reason being that the liver and kidneys will work to expel the alcohol from the body, before it processes the food. So, if you have low blood glucose, your blood glucose cannot go up until the alcohol has been processed. I always made sure that my BG level was not low before drinking alcohol.
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  KMcKeon has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you drink alcohol, do any of the following types of alcohol cause a noticeable drop in your blood glucose, even if you do not bolus? Select all that apply to you.
  Also, I'll add that I stick to low carb drinks and do not bolus for alcohol.
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