Originally Posted by
Kathleen41 
Alcohol is very irritating to our GI tracts (and most other bodily systems). The problem does not go away when we drink, we are just intoxicated and don't notice.
I found this to be very true. I did not think I had any health issues, most I figured was due to getting older but I found once I was sober that many problems I did have went away. So one, I never contributed them to drinking or two, I never noticed them because I was drinking.
Friday night into Saturday I felt bad. No clue why. I was a little nauseous and I was really tired. In the past I would have tried to drink it away. Now I decided to rest, eat something and take a nap, which I never do, and by Saturday night I felt better.
I would have never listened to my body four months ago. I would have just drank through it. I would not have wanted to waste precious drinking time taking a nap.