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Ok i am young and i love going out (main reason why i am on this board today) and i was wondering i could still go out have some drinks with my buddies? They all go out 3 or 4 times a week and i was wondering i could tag along once every other week? Are their certain drinks that would work well for me i.e. vodka water with a lemon? I love jack and cokes oh so much and i will continue to enjoy them but i feel like that drink is a double whammy for my H.I see how alcohol is a trigger for some but maybe not me? also if i kept drinking would the herpes learn to ignore it and build a teloerance to? Any suggestions of recomendations? thanks

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well unless its a trigger, then i dont see why not. did you drink this much before you found out?
idk about building a tolerance to alcohol... alcohol isnt a drug thats going to change the dna of something...

the only thing i would be worried about is sharing drinks, i felt horrible last week at the bar a friend was having her friend come, and she told us she had herpes, and the girl asked if we wanted to taste her drink, and no one would even touch the cup- and she kept insisting. the girl who invited could have been a little more discreate but atleast she warned us. so just dont share your drink if you have it oraly, or someone else has it.

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Since i've been reading up on this i have read alot about staying alklyne instead of acidic. Look up the thread or i will try to find it, in it they say that coke is extremly acidic and alcohol is also a trigger. Are u on Valtrex? I have just recently been diagnosed and while i was on meds on got drunk a few times, didnt have any ob. But i would imagine that if you arent on meds and are drinking frequently then it may increase the chances of getting an ob.

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I'm not on suppressive therapy, no special exercise, diet or suppliments. I get my drink on every weekend like I always have. Never triggered an ob. But that is just my personal experiance.

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strong - that is very encouraging to hear! i think that since i am just new to this shit and everytime i have a drink i think i feel something itching or tingling. If i couldnt drink with this i would most definitely be going on a long walk off of a short pier. Is their any drinks you specialize of do you drink it all?

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I'm not trying to rain on your parade but ....drinking lowers the body's imune system,not to mention what it does to your liver and other organs.I've never been a real big drinker,execpt between the age of 30 till about 38 when I discovered I was border line alcoholic....now at age 45 I don't drink at all. There is a period in my life (apx 2 years) that I don't remember....thats not a good thing.I've cut out almost all caffien (execpt the 2-3 cups of coffee in the morning) my biggest vice was Dr.Pepper....althought I do indulge at least once a week and have a can,some habits are still hard to break.

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still enjoy my ever so important cup of joe every morning. I prefere peach absolute with white grape juice. only on saturday though. I'm not a heavy drinker by any means. just enough to get a nice buzz.

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The reason why you'll get tingles and stuff from alcohol, is because it is extremely acid. if you're already mildly acidic (you can test that with litmus strips) or by watching what you eat, you're just gonna prepare the biological terrain ideal for mletting the herpes virus repicate - OUTBREAK

Reason why stong doesn't get any outbreaks is that he drinks hiw with grape juice and grape juice is extremely alkalizing so what he is doing(WITHOUT KNOWING IT) is raising the alkalinity of his drink so what he puts in his body is a lot less acidic. If you were to drink your alcohol with cola well that's a recepe for disaster. As both are highly acidic forming.

There is a product called alkalife which you can pt into your drinks. it doesn't alter the taste but it raises the PH. Making your alcoholic brreww less nosive. Can understand why people need the drink at all. The Russians (I think it is) drink alkaline water with their vodka. If you must booze here are some tips, Lord forgive me.

Drink at least one litre of water with a high alkaline PH. Find one in your supermarket. And keep it at hand for those times. Someone told me they found water with a PH of ten in their supermarket. I am so jealous! If you can get that buy alkalife and ad the drops to your water afterwards. The next day if you're not too hangover to move (or prefeabbly the night when you get home) squeeze four lemons into a glass, knock back pure. It you canndrink you can do lemons. DRink lots of water. Drink pure grape juice, preferably the red or black variety. Good for your health. Welches is not grape juice. Check out the organic isle you'll get some real stuff there.

What else? Have a bath in baking soda - empty one entire box in to your bath tub and soak. It is extremely alkaline. Pour in 250 ml(before you get in) 35% hydroge peroxide into your bath and stay there. The oxygen will be absorbed into your body via the skin and oxygen is pure alkaline.

Wish my dad weres till alive to day. He lost his battle to alcohol at the age of fifty two. Died a terrible deaf of chirrosis of the liver. I wish I knew what I know now then. My boys would have had a grandfather.

Christy