The most ive had in around a year and i felt good while drinking them and i just woke up after 9 hours of sleep and feel good with barely a hangover or headache

Im going to take it slow since im not out of the woods yet but i feel as though i need to push myself to get back to normal its been 14 months and i refuse to miss out on another summer.

Knowing my luck in 3 days it will hit me and ill be feeling crappy.

Well that is good news if there are no ill effects and you feel fine, you must be getting there. You should maybe stay at the 6 beer level if your ok with it, but not go past it. I cannot drink that much because of the medication I am on, but hopefully later this year ill be able to have beers too.

Not condoning the alcohol intake but good job Claritan for trying to push the boundary and get out and have some fun. Six may be too many my friend but if you are having no ill effects then great. I am glad that you were able to have some fun. That is very important. Just be careful.
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so the day is basically over where im at in Boston. during the course of the day i felt good but did at times have a minor hangover/headache but it went away and was really no different from what it was like after drinking beers before i had the concussion so thats good. i consider it a success and it boosted my confidence knowing im not totally done. 6 will be my limit for now because i did get pretty buzzed since my tolerance is so down and i dont want to set myself back

if i had tried this 8 months ago i would have been bed ridden all day or maybe worse. im almost there i hope!

Thats great news. 6 beers is good. I have been able to drink alcohol for a while, but I am cutting back now as I am on mediaction, which is working great by the way!. So i will be sticking to 3- 5 beers for now. Its god to see improvement!!!!!!

Why does anybody need to drink 6 beers, much less to enjoy summer?

You are under the age of 25? Lol! I remember when I used to drink 6 beers in a night. I haven't in years. I did have two margaritas tonight though. Do be careful though! A lot of people get head injuries from being drunk and falling down. I did once in college. I knocked my head on a metal trash can. You really can't afford to get that drunk any more, and frankly, why would you want to? That's getting so drunk that it isn't fun anymore. You just have to learn where to draw the line. For me, I learned I couldn't drink hard liquor, except margaritas, and I could only drink two of those. As for beer, six beers was about my max when I was younger, but now, it's about four. So my unsolicited advice is learn your limits and have the will power to not exceed them. If you can't do that, then you shouldn't drink at all.

I never gave up alcohol comPletely. Before New Years, I didn't drink more than one Guinness in a night, but after that, I would occasionally have two or even three drinks. It's never effected me in any way. But everyone is different. Just pay close attention to how it affects you!

I haven't had a drink since the injury, even though I miss it. I was never a big drinker at all...but a nice glass of wine, a margerita, a cold (gluten free for me) beer. Sigh.
Maybe this gives me hope I can have a WEE sip or two some time in the future. Don't need it, as Mark points out, but would like it. I Have some non alcoh wine...not bad. I think it is too much to ask to find non alcoh gluten free beer!

I don't want to sound preachy but alcohol use is generally considered counter to TBI recovery. From the following link:

http://www.msktc.org/tbi/factsheets/...c-Brain-Injury

• Alcohol slows down or stops brain injury recovery.
• Not drinking is one way to give the brain the best chance to heal.

http://www.tbicommunity.org/resource...Spring2008.pdf

For consideration. In the interest of full disclosure, let me also state that I am a well qualified member of the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous, and have not had a drink of alcohol for a number of years either before or after my TBI.

I used to drink lots in college and then on weekends post college. Since my accident, I have tried several times to drink but stopped after 2 drinks since I didnt feel good. It was more than just having a low tolerance.

It's frustrating because my wife says its all mental at this point and if I wanted to I could(she is desperate to say i am back to 100%). I know this isn't the case and while I'm thankful for the recovery I've made so far, some things will never be the same.

It's cubs opening day and everyone is out partying having a good time. Yeah it's all mostly an illusion, but it would be nice to go back to those care free days.

I am better off in the long run for not being able to drink. Perhaps my accident was a blessing in disguise and I would've ended up an alcoholic like my old man. Just gotta go with the flow.