Before diagnosis I used to be a confirmed real ale drinker. Then I got scared both from a control point of view and a weight point of view.
Because I am a traditional (old time) fiddle player I spend quite some time in a drinking environment and have recently found through interesting experimentation that I am fine on Plymouth gin with no mixers along with regular testing during the session.
I found that while I was drinking along with the exercise of playing I needed to eat every 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours - two dried dates and a small handful of nuts and raisins. I wasn't conscious of the need - I ate when my wife said "eat;NOW".
