Warfarin And Alcohol - Please Advice

I take about 6 - 8mgs of Warfarin a day following my aortic valve replacement surgery. I have been told not to have more than two small glasses of wine at any one time. Needless to say, this isn t always easy to live with - especially at summer barbeques. What would happen if I exceeded this allowance? How hazardous would it be to my health? We only really ever drink at weekends but I could easily manage a whole bottle by myself over the course of an evening. Sexxychick - I was born with this condition and nothing I did or do exacerbated it. And how would you know what landed me in this position ? I do not drink to excess - a bottle of wine is the most I consume. I take my health seriously (which is why I ask this question). You really mustn t make assumptions like that. It s so offensive and I m sure it wasn t your intent to offend :0) I want to say thank you to you all for taking the time and trouble to write. What a great bunch of people and what great advice. I m worried you all think I m some kind of dipso though I assure you I m not! I m a 45 year old mum of 3 who tries to do her best and likes a glass of wine on a weekend in her own back garden, I m not going round the clubs getting hammered lol For you medical types my average INR since October is 3 which is where it should be I m told. But I will be following your advice since you were all so kind as to offer it. My doctors didn t explain a lot to me after surgery. I was never told not to have cranberries for instance and until this question didn t know it was Vitamin K I need to avoid. I was also put onto painkillers which were making me ill and went cold turkey after only 2 weeks after being told by a doc to just stop taking them with no withdrawal. After a night of HELL he said that s because you stopped the tablets! But most are brilliant. THANK YOU!