Alcohol Anyone?

I know that feeling.
I can't drink any alcohol either.
Not that I need it but I have been out and if I got one down I was done.
I use to be able to handle a few but not now. I was even a bartender. That was a few years ago. lol
I have sipped a glass of wine but that's about it.
I'm not a big drinker at all now. Just as good. Costs way too much, in many ways.

I used to be able to handle it alright. I got pretty bad hangovers but I only drank more than one once in a while (weddings, birthdays-hey I'm still in my early 20's!) ...so I used to plan for a hangover day.

I had a few drinks recently and all it did was make me tired and dizzy. Like incredibly tired. Although the hangover feeling was about the same as I normally feel when I wake up in the morning...so that's good I guess.

I have an alcohol story that might make you think twice about drinking. My daughter recently got married. My husband and I decided that we wanted to take a nice vacation since I'd been sick for nearly three years and wasn't able to do much and was finally feeling better. The wedding was over, so yeah, lets go let loose and have a good time.

So, off to Jamaica we go about five weeks ago. Well, on our fourth day of the trip, I wasn't able to find any water. I was worried about drinking the local water. Although it's probably fine, I was still worried. We went on our excursions for the day zip lining and floating down a river on a tube which was really fun. We get back, have a few drinks, go to dinner and then have a few more drinks. On our way back to the room, I fell or passed out...to be honest, I'm not sure which, and broke three of my upper front teeth. Not just chipped....broke almost completely to the gum line. Back home early and off to the dentist I go. I had to go and see an oral surgeon in order to repair one of teeth for a crown so that I can keep my natural tooth rather than getting an implant which I really did not want. I still have my temporaries (which look really good surprisingly), and go back to the oral surgeon and then back to the dentist for fitting for my new crowns. I think that I was seriously dehydrated, it was hot and humid and the alcohol combined make for the perfect storm.

This really has thrown me for a loop and needless to say, I'm afraid to even drink a sip of alcohol now. Also, I started my new meds right after I returned and they are making me ultra dizzy. I figure I don't need a drink on top of the dizziness. Heaven forbid I fall and break more teeth!

The weird thing is, I didn't even break a nail when I fell...just three teeth. Not fun.

I've been sick for many years, but always seemed to be able to handle drinking, even to excess, once in awhile. Over the last year this has eroded until now, when even a single drink makes me feel like crap.

I have an entire cabinet filled with rare single malt scotches that I can't even sip anymore. I used to open them once in awhile to smell them, as that was half of the enjoyment back when I could drink the stuff, but it just makes me sad now so I don't even do that.

I've added it to the long list of things taken away from me. A good cigar on a warm summer night, a good bottle of wine at dinner, drinking a nice cup of fresh ground coffee in the morning, half of my favorite foods are now verboten. It just makes a bad situation even worse to cope with...