Can't stop drinking beer

(Rebecca ) #21

No need to be sorry!! Its fine to ask those questions! You will get many different opinions/answers…and that’s what they are…

#22

I stopped drinking beer when I went off grain - and now I don’t like it like I used to. I do like a glass of wine with dinner, and I’ve been known to enjoy the occasional Vodka - just with water.

Try another form of alcohol. You’ll wean yourself off beer. After that it’s a lot easier to cut down on alcohol.

#23

Nice choices. I had a good bottle of a special edition Weller a while back and enjoyed it. I live in the bourbon capital, so finding what I want is never an issue. Woodford would be my go to in a price range that I’m comfortable with. I drank a bottle of the Henry McKenna that won some taste tests a couple of years ago, but didn’t think it was anything special. It is in a good price range (Buffalo Trace range) and probably is good for the price. There was a local auction for a bunch of hard to find Bourbons a couple of weeks ago (Pappy, Elijah Craig small batch, Special Weller, etc…). I dont have any problems buying a nice bottle if wanted.

(Jill F.) #24

I used to drink a lot of wine with my carbs meals. I rarely drink anymore since going on keto over a year ago and strangely dont miss it.

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #25

@whyzee I’ve been a beer drinker and a home brewer all my adult life. I love beer. For many years I drank beer almost daily. I’ve made wine and distilled on a small scale, too. When I went keto in January 2017 along with a lot of fav carb loaded foods I stopped drinking beer, wine and spirits. 100%. I’m going to be very blunt, if you can’t do the same, then I suggest you visit your local chapter of AA because you’ve got a problem. Best wishes dealing with it.

(Ben ) #26

I bowl a lot and drink beer a lot. Works for me. I need to satisfy the body, mind and soul.

(John) #27

to each their own. I drink wine and do fine with it. I would think that as long as it was in smaller amounts you would be fine. I use a keto mojo tester to see what knocks me out. Not that its a good thing but I have had a bottle of Cab and still been in ketosis. Thats about 20 to 25 grams depending on brand so I think I could probly have 4 to 5 light beers and be ok. Probly not every day but once or twice a week maybe. Side note, I do have wine 4 to 5 nights a week. usually only a couple glasses though. Nights that I know I will be drinking longer I usually do rum and diet coke or diet hansen or zevia

(Paulene ) #28

Similar to me and red wine. I always had red wine with spaghetti bolognese and then blamed the red wine for my sluggishness the next morning - now I know it was the spaghetti, not the wine that made me sluggish. Now that I am not eating spag bol, I drink less wine. Just down to red wine with cheese and steak now.

(Scott) #29

I am finding more options every week for sub 4g carb IPA. If you can fit it in that’s okay, if you can’t that’s okay too. There is no hard keto rule book so you need to find what works for you. If I had a nickel for each time I am told the keto diet is stupid as they point at my beer I would be a rich man.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #30

If the reason you can’t put it down is that you are addicted to alcohol, there are places you can go to get help.

On the other hand, if you mean that you really don’t want to do without the taste, there are supposed to be low-carb beers that you might want to check out. You might also want to consider switching to hard liquor, as that tends to contain much less carbohydrate. There is a reason beer is known as “liquid bread”!

In any case, be aware that you will need to cut back your alcohol consumption on a ketogenic diet. Many drinkers report having to cut way back, because they get drunk far more quickly on less alcohol once they’ve switched to keto.

(Elian) #31

Girl, you my sister!!! :champagne: :champagne::champagne:

(Marianne) #32

Oh, honey; where you at!?

:rofl:

(Marianne) #33

Actually, yes.

I have contemplated this a lot. Disconcerting that now I may have another monkey on my back.

(Marianne) #34

God bless. I believe you.

Thank you.

(Elian) #35

OP, I’m just going to tell you this: From a chemical perspective, our liver treats alcohol (whether it’s beer, wine, champagne or spirits) the same way it does poison. I’ve seen live alcohol experiments done on human livers and believe me it is the stuff of nightmares. The only thing as bad as alcohol is perhaps refined sugar. So make of that what you will, but when it comes to alcohol, carbs are the least of your worry if you ask me.

It’s OK to have alcohol in extreme (and I stress EXTREME) moderation and keep it for celebratory reasons. Also, trust me, quitting it cold turkey is rough only for the first couple of weeks. After that, I promise it gets better. :wink:

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #36

Please don’t mistakenly think I’m trying to justify ethanol addiction (aka alcoholism). I’m not. I’m a firm advocate of being in control of your life, not being controlled by inanimate stuff. I just don’t like to anthropomorphize chemical processes.

Ethanol and fructose are both metabolized similarly with the exception that fructose has a few more end products than ethanol. In fact, I suspect you could make a convincing argument that ethanol/fructose may represent some sort of 4th macro. But that’s a discussion for another day.

Regarding ethanol, it is fuel. It is such an easily utilized fuel that if your metabolism detects any available ethanol it immediately stops metabolizing any/everything else and concentrates on the ethanol until it is completely used up. It does not do this because ethanol is a toxin and ‘wants to get rid of it’ ASAP. It does this simply because metabolizing ethanol is an easier chemical pathway than metabolizing anything else. Chemical processes always follow the available path of least resistance. Your liver doesn’t ‘care’ whether or not ethanol is a toxin and in sufficient quantities will do fatal damage. Your liver will happily metabolize ethanol until you drop dead from cirrhosis.

The jury is till out whether ‘low to moderate’ ethanol consumption is healthier than total abstinence, or not. You can cite studies that demonstrate both. As with everything else, there’s a mountain range of individual variation. Beneficial or not, it’s definitely not beneficial to be controlled by any substance, especially one that in excess will cause severe and often irreversible damage.

(Stephanie ) #37

I love my beer and always will. I have a few at least 3 nights a week, for me i enjoy the taste and its relaxing. To each their own! :blush: