Alcohol smell after one or two drinks

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I’ve changed name for this.

My husband seems to get that sweet alcohol smell that comes out of the pores even after quite a small amount of alcohol - just one or two glasses of wine.

We don’t drink much these days - maybe a bottle of wine between us per week. We used to drink more but I can’t cope with the hangovers anymore. My husband doesn’t get hangovers, but he’s cut back too just for the sake of it.

I’ve noticed the next day alcohol smell on him more and more though. Has anyone experienced this?

Possible relevant factors:

• he has mild relapsing remitting MS, but no symptoms of it since his initial attack that caused it to be discovered a few years ago

• we have both lost weight this year (could it have changed the way he metabolises alcohol?)

• he’s definitely not secretly drinking, before anyone asks

I have noticed this about my DH too. I've assumed it's an age-related thing but also that I'm more sensitive to it as I very rarely drink these days.

Maybe it’s a combination of sensitivity on my part and ageing on his. I hope so, as I’m worried about him. He also seems much more affected by alcohol to me - sort of in slow motion and tipsy after one glass. I suppose that could be weight loss / age too. He’s never been high functioning when drunk - becomes insensible and passes out, whereas I stay very aware and can’t sleep.