r/CrohnsDisease • u/yellowCRoll • 6h ago

how are you guys with drinking?

does it ever affect labs?

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u/SevereNameAnxiety 6h ago

Stopped drinking forever but kept THC in my life.

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u/Scary-Detail-3206 6h ago

I find it elevates my liver enzymes so I abstain for the most part. Biologics can be hard on the liver so I don’t want to add any extra stress to my life.

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u/syberphunk 6h ago

Same, bad effects on inflammation and my liver levels, isn't worth it.

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u/Munkie91087 6h ago

It nearly ruined my life. That’s a whole separate issue.

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u/bestbird6 6h ago

I don’t drink. Period.

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u/blueboy714 6h ago

Stopped shortly before ever being diagnosed because it was upsetting my gut

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u/xKelborn 5h ago

No issues but I dont drink often. If I do, I dont drink much in the way of beer itself because its harder on my stomach, so I tend to stick to vodka and an edible of some kind.

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u/magichockey C.D. - one resection, Skyrizi 5h ago

I’ve only ever drank occasionally, and I still do once in a while. It’s always been fine unless it was a sugary mixed drink. I never, ever drink when flaring. Currently learning how drinking affects me in perimenopause. One time I’m fine, the next it’s a god awful hangover from one glass of wine. I haven’t figured out a pattern yet, and I’m not going to drink more to figure it out.

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u/theDailyDillyDally 6h ago

No issues. Actually calms tenesmus. It’s never affected my labs.

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u/jewel_thief92 5h ago

This is so interesting because same. A couple Moscow mules really helps calm the ol bowels for some reason

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u/aturnnn 51m ago

Yes! And I joke it’s because alcohol doesn’t need to get digested like food.

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u/PurpleSailor C.D./Surgery - '92, flairing on & off since '05 21m ago

That's amazing, all it does for me is act like an immediate laxative after the first sip. But after that it's usually good, until the next morning, lol.

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u/Seyelent 4h ago

Not worth the aftermath nor the hangover. Definitely a taste I can forgo with better alternatives. It increases the risk of cancers (+inflammation) in the GI tract, which is already raised by the crohn’s itself, thus we get the manyfold effect.

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u/Effective_Fact_2353 6h ago

I have a drink occasionally. No affect on labs, my liver enzymes are always solid on skyrizi. It does affect my sleep tho.

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u/Zestyclose-Animal426 5h ago

I don't drink heavy drinks. I like beer a lot but not black beers cause for some reason they upset my gut. When I go out for a drink I usually get a cocktail with little alcohol inside

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u/pdxchalet 5h ago

Seems to be a significant trigger for me. Leads to an instant flare.

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u/Efficient-Snow-7786 6h ago

No I don’t. Not anymore. I’m also on mental health meds too.

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u/DMShinja 5h ago

Not on biologics and can drink alcohol when my gut is calm and not acting up. Drinking a cider right now

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u/sadgrad2 C.D. 5h ago

I am realizing beer is absolutely evil for me and I need to give it up but most everything else is okay in moderation

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u/bkabbott 5h ago

I don't drink. I sobered up on 2/22/22 and didn't know that I had a cool date until someone pointed it out after I had been sober for a couple of years

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u/SummonerDerivatives 6h ago

Alcohol? Terrible idea.

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u/winnie2574 C.D. 5h ago

My number one trigger, I avoid it.

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u/IllustriousLab9444 C.D. 21 Remicade/Imuran 4h ago

Sends me running to the bathroom for at least a few days after consumption. So I avoid it 99% of the time.

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u/Welpe 3h ago

It’s not worth it to me. Too much pain for basically no benefit.

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u/what_the_FUCK_-_- C.D. 2h ago

Shit hurts so I rarely do it. I feel like I can actively feel it pissing off my immune system

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u/Water_Lily_05 2h ago

Nop! But I smoke weed

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u/quicksilverri 1h ago

We are not with drinking 🙂

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u/swithinboy59 59m ago

It increases the risk of cancer (something Crohn's also does). It can be irritating to the gut for people without gut problems (and many people with Crohn's really don't get on with it because it's irritating). Hangovers suck, doubly so when you're flaring and in pain.

Many of us aren't drinking because we've decided it's not worth it.

I was hospitalised about a month ago, the last time I had a drink was probably close to 2 months ago and I wasn't drinking much then. I just haven't really felt the urge to drink. I can't drink fast enough to get buzzed (if I drink that fast, I'll get sick), I get hungover despite this, if I have more than a couple I'll feel like shit (Crohn's) for days afterwards… I mean, I like the taste of a few beers, and I like Jack Daniels mixed with coke… but honestly, regular coke is shit enough and tastes good enough on its own without needing to put literal poison in it. And there are better tasting things out there than beer.

So what's the point? I can't really see one.

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u/PurpleSailor C.D./Surgery - '92, flairing on & off since '05 20m ago

I can only do hard liquor so I usually have a mixed drink, I really don't drink anything straight. Wine and Beer make my belly swell up almost immediately, I look pregnant if I have a beer. Orange juice also does the same thing to me and I love orange juice but I can't have it.

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u/Fantastic-Scene6991 14m ago

I don't drink much these days . But not all alcohol is the same for me . Spirits are ok and stout is also fine . Most beer doesn't agree with me .

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u/LilPianos 6h ago

If you’ve got Crohn’s, you’re already at a systemic disadvantage health-wise. Why consume literal poison and make your chances for better health outcomes even worse?

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u/Anon44356 2h ago

Because it’s fun