Please consult with your physician regarding your medical care. Your browser may allow you to search this web page for a keyword or phrase by using the find command. I have since healed and was told by my doctor that moderate drinking is OK, as long as I have no more than six drinks per night on a full stomach. My father also had pancreatitis at my age, and he kept drinking afterward, but he was much more careful and he never had a problem again. I know for sure not to do what I did in New Orleans, but at the same time I can't really stop going out at the age of 23, and in Boston going out means drinking.
Most Web sites talk about alcohol consumption in regard to acute pancreatitis.
They say no alcohol should be consumed if you have chronic pancreatitis. In acute pancreatitis, the pancreas suddenly becomes inflamed. About half the people who develop acute pancreatitis already have gallstones. Other causes are excessive use of alcohol and, less commonly, certain drugs, a penetrating duodenal ulcer, hyperparathyroidism, or an abdominal injury. It can also be a complication of mumps.