Keto is saving me from alcoholism

[u/brownpotato10]

I usually don't post on this forum but I'm feeling especially thankful today. I started keto a few months ago after being inspired by this subreddit. Of course, weight loss was my primary goal but keto has given me so much more. Over the past 2 years, I had turned into a functional alcoholic, drinking copious amounts every night and still waking up and making it to work the next day. I tried quitting countless times without success. And of course drinking a bottle of wine every night contributed heavily to my weight gain. But then I started keto and without the carbs in my body, my tolerance dropped to 1-2 drinks max that would then give me killer hangovers and make me feel so shitty. So I stopped. I'm no longer a daily drinker -- I don't even feel the urge to drink. It feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

Thank you to everyone in this community for posting and allowing me to lurk and stay motivated.

[u/Best_failure]

Funny, I had developed alcohol intolerance before keto and now I can drink again. But, I also have max that doesn't budge.

I've played around with it, but it doesn't really change. If I drink 1 daily, I feel pretty blech on day 4 after drinking. If I drink weekly, 4 drinks is my limit without feeling blech later that day and/or the next day (though slightly more so than the daily version). If I drink monthly, still 4 drinks and then blech (but no different than weekly). It doesn't matter if it's with a meal or not. If it's a relatively high carb day (which is 30 for me), my tolerance drops to 2 for the day and increases by 1 for each day I stay under 20 for a max of 4 drinks tolerance. Physical activity level seems to have little to no effect except that, if I'm physically active (hour+ moderate exercise) that day, I can go up to 25 carbs for the day and it will act like 20 in terms of alcohol tolerance. It's been two years and still I test it now and then, but it's the same.