Drinking alcohol has several harmful effects on our body, and serious diseases like diabetes might also get affected by too much intake. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the biggest risk a diabetic person has while drinking alcohol is hypoglycaemia, which happens when alcohol gets combined with diabetic medications. Mrs Sweedal Trinidade, a nutritionist, explains that diabetic patients should avoid alcohol as far as possible because when your sugars are dropping while you are consuming alcohol, the body first aims at clearing alcohol rather than making sugars available for your systems leading to hypoglycemia.