Alcohol did you give up?

Thank You @Kombigirl for putting this post up, I have so much guilt over drinking alcohol post treatment.  I didn't drink through chemo/radiation for the same reason as the others - taste buds couldn't stand it.  My taste in alcohol definatley changed and I can't handle it like before, but I still enjoy a drink or two.  Now I just don't feel as bad knowing there are others.

I stopped completely when I went through my chemo and now live by the 'drink less but better quality' policy.  The evidence does seem to be coming in strongly that it is something that we can do and control as individuals to improve our chances of recovery and I console myself with the thought that i will have more money to spend on clothes (once I've got back into working consistently and paid off my medical bills that is..)!

I gave up drinking from diagnosis but after all chemo done I love my drink now I have a few about 3 times a week I no naughty me 

Hi  Kombigirl, hope your appointment went o.k today.
Regarding alcohol
I didnt have chemo so alcohol still tastes the same as ever to me. I never really liked the taste at all, the effects are more the point for me. However, I dont enjoy it as much now because I feel guilty  like I shouldnt be drinking.  I have cut down my drinking, and  I dont drink  spirits at all any more. I  only started partying when the kids left home and I had already grown bored with it and started cutting down just before I was diagnosed. 
 I doubt whether it caused my cancer , but Im trying to be "good" to theoretically lower the chances of recurrence and for my health in general.   I also find drinking worsens my hot flushes so thats a good reason to do less of it.  But I wouldnt like other people telling me how to live my life, thats for sure. 

Sounds like his pickling on the inside is keeping him going!!   There is no rhyme or reason.  We all know someone who has smoked to a ripe old age and the ravages of smoking haven't caught up with them!
It's about you, it's about what you're comfortable with.  As most have said once you start treatment you may not have the want for an alcoholic beverage and then when you do you may decide that doesn't taste how I remember it to be.  Problem with wine in particular is lack of labelling so do you really know what you are drinking apart from the % proof?

Like others alcohol gave me up during treatment.  I now have an occasional beer if I feel like one.    I hope you deleted those well meaning friends messages .... Don't stress over it, if its helping at the moment go for it.  You will settle once you know your treatment plan.   I just don't get these recommendations to reduce your risk of cancer, they don't add up!!       We had a young man I knew that was an alcolholic, I suppose, started very early (teenager) in life.  I believe he only drinks beer - all day - nothing else.  Probably has never seen a vege in his life (slight exaggeration, but food is not important to him).  He is now 65yrs old.   He is not healthy, but not bedridden or hospitalised.  He has never had cancer, for all I know he might outlive me ....   

My alcohol tastes changed after diagnosis and treatment too. I used to love a nice red at least a couple of times through the week but only ever one or two glasses. 
Now post chemo my tastes have changed and once a month or so I will have a scotch and dry. I will even have a beer with my 81yr old neighbour every week or two. Sometimes I don't feel like a beer so I take myself down a coffee in a flask and chat with my beer drinking neighbour.

I'm also at risk of Death By Bacon. I can generally go without processed foods, but a world without bacon is untenable. Carcinogen or not.

They say drinking alcohol is not good for you PERIOD....nothing to do with Breast Cancer otherwise every single person in the world who ever has a sip would have it. They need something to try and hang this on, because there are NO commonalities at all...even if you look across just this Forum alone let alone the rest of the world. There is NO woman that fits THEIR criteria at all...funny that...

Its all about what makes you feel good in yourself nothing more, my life has changed but the biggest thing had nothing to do with diet, exercise or even alcohol. It has to do with me as a person, finally seeing my own importance and putting me first. I eat well, I exercise and I dont drink much anymore but only because Chemo killed it, but when I feel like one it's divine!!! I do these things purely to what makes me feel good...not because someone said I should LOL. 

Hey @Kombigirl, (love the name) when I was young and stupid I was a huge drinker, now that I'm older and stupid  ;) I rarely drink unless I'm with my younger sister who is the worst most evil influence in the whole UNIVERSE!!! Bwahaahaha. (Not really but it sounds good!) If I want a drink I'll have one. Most of the time I don't but for my little sister's 50th birthday we went to a resort for three days to celebrate and swapped water for rekorderlig ciders OMG - three day headache - doh!!! But it was excellent fun, and that's what its all about LIVING!! Yayyyyyyyyyyy. Wishing you all the best, let us know how you get on and what your treatment plan ends up being. Xx Cath