Originally Posted by
littlefish 
Look guys, the snide remarks and one liners really aren't all that helpful and effective for Daphne.
Having said that, I am a bit nonplussed myself. I find it intriguing that someone can reach the point of damaging their liver from drinking and being advised by their doctor to stop hasn't experienced any of the downsides of excessive alcohol use. (?)
But, on the other hand, we are all different, physically. I have been with other drinkers who could drink a lot more than me and stay standing, and I myself could drink others under the table. Some people can drink excessively and never develop alcohol-related liver disease, others will. Some people can smoke all their lives and never develop lung cancer, others will.
If I may ask Daphne, and I hope you don't consider this out of bounds, about how many units of alcohol do you estimate you drink a week?
I myself find alcohol "measure systems" abysmally inaccurate: saying that a glass of wine is equal to a shot of whiskey simply does not make sense to me, but that is usually how it is done.
By the time I stopped, I was a daily drinker consuming between 10 to 20 units a day.
In my case, I drank a lot of high-alcohol beer in large cans that equalled at least three units, entire bottles of wine and then I had my laboratory experiments with alcohol over 30%.
Hi there
No I don't mind I have nothing to hide.
My consultant has never suggested that my current liver enzyme reading (only one is elavated which is unusual) is due to alcohol. I was advised to stop alcohol because of the cocktail of drugs I take for my other 3 conditions. My liver results are a mystery as 3 yr of investigation with no diagnosis. A scan showed a healthy liver no inflamation , normal size , no surface changes etc
The blood results have also gone up and down REGARDLESS of my alcohol use. I had a similar problem 10 years ago which eventually righted itself and the reading went back to normal
I have no symptoms whats so ever of liver damage
Maybe I am in denial as I was very scared at thought of biopsy incase it reveals tumour as I know liver cancer is not really curable.
Anyway the decision on a biopsy will be made in Feb . My bloods for latest test will be back tomorrow and will influence the decision to do a biopsy.
Units of alcohol is tricky to measure I know and if we are drinking at home we tend to underestimate
My consumption varies greatly. Some weeks i am drinking a bottle of wine over an evening most nights. Some weeks if i am out at party/pub for a weekend night out I could drink a lot in one night. Some weeks like this week I have only drank max 7 units in the entire week.
I would say that I have issues with control; I am fiercely independant and need to be in control of my life. Someone (doc) telling me I cannot drink I hate as I make my own decisions
I know that sounds horrific and spoilt but I need to be in charge !!!
I know you will say strange an indepedant in control person cannot control/stop drinking. Thats the irony in life isn't it!