VEGGIESCOTT hang in there!!!! I took a solid year for my body to completely adjust to my jpouch. I am able to drink whatever I want now (beer, wine,wiskey, etc), but had problems as you said for the first few months after surgery. My first week after surgery I kept crapping the bed and thought I had made a huge mistake!!! I just learned I have a new normal for my life, it means I poop 4-6 times a day, but compared to the UC I had.......I just think if I had been born 50 years ago I would most likely have died years ago, so I am happy every morning I wake!!!!