Of course you don't need to drink to have fun but sometimes it DOES get old feeling like the buzzkill of the party. As a mid-20s lady (who was dx'd before age 21) I have just learned to do without...which yes, sucks sometimes. It even changes who you end up hanging out with, since it's not fun to babysit your drunk friends when you can't join them. I rarely drink, but when I do (more than a glass of wine) I pay for it. After 3.5 glasses of white wine tonight with all the precautions - safe meal before, peppermint tea, etc. (first time tipsy in at least a year!) I'm miserable and drinking chamomile tea. Tomorrow the real punishment arrives. It's not fair...but I do cheer myself up by realizing most of my friends have made a grudging understanding of the condition, and at least I still have legs (or whatever. Add your choice of worse deprivation there.) But so sorry. I do know how it feels...sometimes you just want to join the herd and loosen up.
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Tomorrow the real punishment arrives. It's not fair...but I do cheer myself up by realizing most of my friends have made a grudging understanding of the condition, and at least I still have legs (or whatever. Add your choice of worse deprivation there.) But so sorry. I do know how it feels...sometimes you just want to join the herd and loosen up.
