23 Problems Only People With Celiac Disease Will Understand

20. Getting Drunker Than Everyone Else At Parties Because The Only Thing You Can Have Is Wine

Hurray for buffets! The ultimate Celiac torture and breeding ground for gluten cross-contamination. If you're well prepared, you'll come equipped with your own crackers, but being amongst the all-you-can't-eat buffet of vol-au-vents and mini sausage rolls is pushing you to the brink of a nervous breakdown. The only solution? Wine.

19. When Someone Asks What Gluten Is In

Some people have heard about "that gluten free thing", but only because there's been some celebrity raving how they lost a stone on a GF diet. Not many people actually know what it is. You'll find the first thing to come out of you mouth is a very dramatic "EVERYTHING" before going into bread, pizza, pasta, etc, and watching the face of the questioner fill with fierce sympathy.

18. Picking Up An Item In A Supermarket, Cursing It Then Putting It Back

Especially when a manufacturer puts unnecessary gluten into things like mashed potatoes. Do you know how many lives you're ruining? Do you?
 
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