I was a victim of the "beer shits" the first time about a month ago. Was at one of your typical Saturday night high school parties, and enjoyed several cans of Coors Light during that night. Went home and didn't think anything of it until about 4 AM, when I woke up sweating. I knew what was going to happen, and thank God the bathroom is just a few steps away from the bedroom. When I made it to the toilet and ripped my pants off all hell broke loose, and I butt-spewed on and off for about an hour before my bowels finally calmed down. I looked in the bowl and saw nothing but paste. Definitely the most disgusting shit I have ever taken.

What makes this experience even more strange is the fact that I have had stronger drinks on previous occasions combined WITH beer, and while I did get quite drunk, there were no bad side-effects the next morning. Obviously there was something in the beer that didn't agree with me down below!

Very interesting. I too love beer, and even though I have IBS-D, it just makes me piss like no tomorrow more than inducing diarrhea. If I drink a stronger liquor like rum or vodka I'm more likely to get the shits.

Good to know!

Beer can affect someone in more ways than just making them drunk. I have a very good friend whose Lupus has increased in severity the past years. A constant beer drinker, she now cannot drink it because she's found she's developed an allergy to yeast. Breads and other yeast products make her very sick and she gets the shits besides other symptoms.

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It is now weel konwon on Pooreport, that I have IBS-C. I drink one to two cans of berr a day. I find that this, along with my IBS medicine, keeps me basically constipation free.
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It's not nice to fool mother nature.

There must be some correlation. I had a friend who would have a few beers, open his mouth and get the shit beat out of him by about five guys.

healthy: are you sure you've only had one or two, you're typing like a drunk man.

If I go a bit overboard on beer the next day it's a diarrhea marathon. Usually I'll ass spew every half hour or so for the first half of the day. Then, latter in the afternoon, one big colon clensing moment and I'm good.

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With me, it's all dependent on the brand of beer. I can drink Miller Lite and be fine, but Beast (Milwaukee's Best, for those of you who don't live in the great state of Wisconsin) or Hamm's really scews up my guts.
Other liquor has no effect on my digestive system whatsoever.

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This is peak performance in PoopReporting. Its a shame Motherload gets only tem points for this.

At times, I have consumed vast quantities of beer, and I have never gotten the beer shits. It doesn't matter what beer either: Bud, Sam Adams, Newcastle, Spaten, Koelsch, Fischer, Buckhorn. It only makes me pee.

Yet again another gem from Motherload. Her humor and poise is ass-tounding and her admission "I read a complete study titled "The Quantitative Analysis of the Digestion of Yeast". That was simply a waste of time, as I did not understand one single word" had me rolling, thank you ML.

Beer shits and me go way back, fortunately this has ceased to be a cause of any gastrointestinal angst I have suffered over the last couple of years. I never had problems with beer unless I consumed vast quantities (12+), if I stuck to just a couple there was no difference in my output other than it may have been more of a slider than usual.

Yeah 9", this is what happens when a keyboard turns ten years old, and a cat is crawling all over my lap. My fault for not editing my work.

Your comment did crack me up though. Very funny.
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I have never understood why so many people get the shits from alcohol. I'm not really a beer drinker (except for those black stouts, yummy!) so I can't say that I don't get the beer shits. Alcohol shits (minus beer) have never happened to me and, when I'm not nursing a Gordon, I can drink some hard liquor. This means rum, whiskey, vodka, gin, tequila, all that good stuff. What I have discovered from this alcohol is that I get constipation with severe cramps. Nasty, nasty reaction. I think I would prefer the beer or hangover shits.

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I was a category five! Category five, I tell you! Get it right or I'll be back to PROVE IT!!!!- Katrina

beer and poop: why is there a correlation?

The answer, A good poop in the morning, before work, and a couple of cans of beer after work.

Life can't get any better than that.
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I think the problem is you were drinking crap beer so it simply manifested itself into its true form.

Great gut science there, Motherload! I always wondered if it had something to do with affecting natural intestinal fauna....

This posting has great info and comments--So, you're saying I can get my daily fiber from beer? Yay! Goes great with the heart benefits of wine and then, I can dehydrate it all to avoid the yeast shits with shots of hard alcohol!

Sorry, just being a little fecestious, I mean, facetious!

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'Hey that sounds pretty nasty, how about a courtesy flush over there?' (AP1)

Forget science, drink a home brew and get all the fibre you need, plus B vitamins and a yummy taste. And of course sloop poop, not rock poop.
It is good for you, like Guinness.
-Dr Doug.

I'm 40 yrs old and i sufffer really badly with beer poops ranging from mushy sludge to really explosive bum piss ! it all depends on what i drink BUD seems fine whereas newcastle brown or other stout really gets me frothing. drink wine it's made from fruit and we all know we are meant to have 5 a day :)

Good to know it's not just me that has this problem. I can get very drunk on wine, cocktails or gin & tonic and it has little or no effect the next day (I never really get hangovers), but drinking a lot of beer does tend to give me chronic bowel problems, as well as stomach ache and increased need to pee. Like I say, it's just beer that gives me problems; I can drink anything else with no ill effects.

Trouble is, I'm a cadet in the Officers Training Corps, and in the Army the prevailing macho culture tends to involve drinking beer (other drinks are viewed as a bit on the effeminate side). (General piece of advice: never, ever play ANY drinking game which involves downing a pint of Guinness in 30 seconds or less. You'll regret it.)

I have IBS and no matter what i do i can not poop with out taking meds. The only time i poop is after drinking beer so my question is what in the hell is in beer or liquor that makes me poop?

all kinds of alcohol put my digestive system into overdrive. the grains thing makes sense. thanks for the info.

If a person were to drink 80 bottles a beer per 7 days every day of every year... would you expect that person to have cronic diarrhea among other things. I am just concerned about the pooping. "This person" seem to blames the food that is eaten"?????

Only 80 bottles a week you wuss!

i knew there was a page dedicated to beer to poop connection. i thought there was something really wrong inside. thank y'all. heres to san miguel beer! this side from the philippines

thanks for the info. Searched on google for preventing beer shits and this was the first page. Just got done with a nasty case of them so it is good to know what exactly is causing it.

Ever since I stopped drinking devil juice, aka Bacardi, I've been drinking about 20 Buds a day. My ass hasn't forgiven me, and I've been making the toilet look like the bay at low tide. I thought I had an ulcer or dysentery, but I see my brothers have all been down this shitty road.

so i have heard that taking large amounts of some of the different types of vitamin B helps with this problem, also a good cure for a hang over

Hangovers are caused from being dehydrated, so the best hangover cure, I've found, is drinking lots of water the next day.

For me there is no correlation between beer and poop. I shit the same whether I drink or not.

I would imagine the higher end beers are better on the digestive tract than the rotgut beers, though.

Wow. 200 points. Awesome.

Its been my personal experience, Postman, that the more points you have, the more pathetic a life you have, my own case in point. It doesn't apply to everyone, but its certainly true in my case!!
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The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough.

It does apply to me too, Bilge.

I have no points whatsoever, so I don't know what you guys are talking about.

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I have been noticing in the past couple of weeks that after one beer bud lite, miller lite, i am running to the bathroom. yes i am a beer lover too, but what other beers out there can i drink with out running to the bathroom, or have other people had luck with drinking with out getting diareha?

I'm in my late 40's and retired 8 months ago. Since retiring I haven't had a normal poop since, Having tryed removing everything from my diet one at a time I've had no luck! I think the beer has got to me! I now drink beer more frequently (like for lunch, mid afternoon snack, etc.) Though I don't drink large quantities in a day, I still drink it all the time. Anyway, since I don't plan to quit drinking beer anytime soon, the big question is what can I do to conteract it's effects?

Rog, can I ask what you do for a living that allowed you to retire that young?

I have had the "beer shits" for a year now and I was wondering if it lead to weght loss with any of you? Or if my weight loss was unrelated.

Postman: I am retired from the military, as far as the weight loss question is concerned, I am at the perfect weight for my age and I drink alot of beer. I don't think the beer diahrea problem has much to do with weight but more about dehydration. Often I drink a glass of water before a beer in summer to keep hydrated, this seems to keep me from getting a head-ache for no reason.

So when I'm constipated, I need to drink a beer to fix it? Ah, man, what a shame! I can keep beer in my medicine cabinet and not be a freak!

...You do all keep beer in your medicine cabinet, right?

I like how you think.

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Beer Lover and Buzz Lover too--Yes I like to put them away. But ever since I first started drinking beer (15 yrs ago), I noticed immediately that I had to poop after I drank a beer. I thought first that maybe the alcohol in the beer just relaxed me & my muscles. That makes sense--doesn't it??? But the more beer I drink (doesn't matter what kind), the more i poop! Is it IBS or the Yeast & Fiber in the beer or WHAT?? It's been 15 yrs now, and my husband still knows that after I drink a beer, WHY EXACTLY I am going to the bathroom!
HELP!!!

Eat oats and drink Guinness, and you will pee Bud lite and poop large and healthy.

I retired recently at 54. I started drinking about 6-8 Bud Lights in the evening while playing with my dog. I started getting cramps about bedtime and would blast the bowl with a very watery crap. I would feel very sick every morning until the afternoon. I have a bad back and my pain meds clog me up so i was taking Senna to counteract this. Lately i don't need it. I started having a couple srewdrivers instead. I'm gonna cut back on the beer and see if i can get back to normal