Me and alchohol

[bookzombie]

I've gradually come to a realisation about me and my reactions to alcohol over the last month or so: my body really doesn't like it very much.

It's come to my notice that white wine and cider particularly very often leave me with a headache. No, I'm not talking about next-morning hangovers here, I'm talking about shortly after drinking a glass.

Oddly enough, I generally don't get this reaction from red wine (Googling around the subject of alcohol and migraines, red wine is more likely to get this reaction than white.)

So I'm changing my drinking habits a little. I still have the occasional glass of white wine or bottle of cider, but I'm sticking to red in the main.

This isn't necessarily a great loss as I prefer red wine anyway, but cutting down on the cider is a bit of a blow!

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[frandowdsofa.livejournal.com]

My mother couldn't have a glass of sherry without having to go for a lie-down, and I get more like her every day. I used to drink stonking amounts when I was young. Now I have a low tolerance for yeast, so no beer, only a few well-sterilised lagers. Wine and some spirits make my face flush almost instantly, that seems to have started in the last year or so. Sometimes I can get away with Drambuie or rum in a coffee, so I just tend not to bother.