Interesting that the very first reply I got on this said essentially the same thing.

One thing I can verify is alcohol does stall weight loss and it does increase hunger. I find I'm hungry more when I'm drinking...while drinking and the next morning/day.

That said, drinking hasn't packed on a bunch of pounds either. I've cut back again to primarily the weekends and do drink quite a bit then...almost all distilled spirits. I'll put on a couple pounds and they drop right back off after a few days of not drinking. I'm even having a little carb splurge here and there and nothing devastating, but the weight loss has slowed to what was a stall that just recently broke when I weighed almost as low as 185. I'm hoping to break the 185 line here too, but the holidays are coming and I will without a doubt be splurging a little.