I would love to have a drink!!

[ZakiAli]

Hello everyone. I haven’t had a drink in 4 years. I am gluten free. I bought a gluten free vodka yesterday, (Tito’s) in hopes that I could enjoy it without feeling bad afterwards. Does anyone here have an occasional drink and feel fine? If so, what do you drink, how much and how often?

[fuchsia-pink]

I'm not gluten-free. As I've got older I've found that I drink less (and I'm very conscious of the "empty calories") but nonetheless I enjoy the occasional glass of white wine; a kir if I'm in France (ideally with peche rather than cassis); a nice cold cava or prosecco - and I'm afraid gin consumption has increased notably in lock-down

[greygoose]

Alcohol doesn't make me feel bad, but I would get drunk a lot quicker than when I was younger, if I wasn't careful!

I'm a social drinker, and I do enjoy a large gin and tonic from time to time - or a glass of champagne/prosseco. I would say that adds to just four glasses maximum so far this year, because socialising has been at a minimum!

[Cooper27]

Distilled alcohols (vodka, whiskey) are gluten free, even if their original source was a gluten based grain. It's brewed things, like beer, that you need to be careful of.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

I regularly enjoy a glass wine or cider or gluten free larger or gluten free beer

Found I couldn’t tolerate alcohol or tea, or chocolate when under medicated (for first 10 years when left on inadequate doses of levothyroxine )

[TSH110]

Even having one drink makes me suffer a horrible hangover. It’s just poison not doing me any good at all, but there’s no fool like an old fool and about once a year I make myself ill with it....then vow to never do it again.

[serenfach]

All wine, spirits and liqueurs are gluten free because of the way they're made and, according to Coeliac UK, can be included in a gluten free diet.

My evening glass of red wine is the only part of my diet that is gluten free!