softerlouder

do you believe that alcohol is stored in your cells?

If this is true, whats the effect and how long until they are restored?

I read this a few times now in this forum and was just curious.

best

Don't know the technical part of it but a guess would have me say a few days.
About as long as it takes for a person to detox. Some can start going into DTs around day 2 or 3 so that would be my guess.

What I do know... if alcohol gets in me...I can end up in a cell *LOL*

CarolD

Personally....I do think so.

I remember reeking of alcohol before I quit.
The odor seemed to be from my skin.
I would shower 2 or 3 times and still smelled.

Here is an interesting link...

Alcohol Chemistry and You

By not drinking...I no longer need be concerned

By 2 months sober I felt back in balance
physically and emotionally.

laurie6781

Yes I do.

There have been cases where a person was bonified sober for 18 months and traces of alcohol where still found in her spinal fluid.

To totally remove the build up of alcohol in our systems takes time. Detox gets a whole bunch of it out, but I have to tell you that for months I still has to shower several times a day, because the reek of alcohol was still seeping out of my pores. It was horrible. But eventually it went away.

Took my brain a good 6 months to actually start functioning again.

So.........................................yes I do believe alcohol gets stored in the cells just like fat does.

J M H O

Love and hugs,

sobergirl77

My sponsor told me it sometimes gets stored in your spinal column. I really hope that isn't true.

Tazman53

Well not sure if alcohol in its pure form is stored or not, I have read though that it can take years of abstinance for the chemical balance in our brain to return to as normal as it is going to get. For me I was seeing/sensing improvements in my thought process for over a year.

problemchild

Would not sweat it too much, as long as you don't hold a family reunion by bringing it's relatives in for a visit should not be much of a problem......
Sorry could not help myself ..........

Take care,
John

Sugah

I had to smile when I read the title of this thread. Whether or not - and for how long - alcohol is "stored" in the body is a matter of physiological science, rather than a belief or non-belief. The things, though, that can't be quantified physiologically are how a specific person reacts (mentally/emotionally) to the physical effects of alcohol on the body. One person may give up and say, "The damage is done! I may as well finish it!" -- while another might say, "This is the consequences of my actions, and I'll make the best of what I have left."

Alcohol (and drugs) have had serious, and it's looking like permanent, effects on my body and brain. My memory, both short-term and long-term, is impaired. I could have latched on to that "handicap" and not gone back to school, since I could not compete head-to-head with other younger, healthier people, or, I could stop looking at it as a competition (where it wasn't fair that I had to work harder to succeed) and do the best I could. I did decide to go back, and the results have been nothing short of amazing.

So - it's not so difficult to find scientific evidence that alcohol does, indeed, have detrimental and potentially long-lasting effects on the body, but the more important thing (I think) is making the decision to cease doing harm - in other words, to stop drinking and make the best of what's left. The sooner the better, in terms of long-term consequences.

Peace & Love,
Sugah

RufusACanal

Alcoholism begins at the cellular level; Recovery begins at the heart level.

degadar

LOL, I used to have alcohol stored in my cellar.
So my alcoholism certainly did start at the cellarual level.