loveon2legs

Every now and again I check my blood pressure, I was amazed at my reading yesterday..120/78.. the best it's ever been! I can recall doing once when I was drinking and it was so high... this score is thanks to holidays and no booze!!! I'm so thrilled!!!! One of the many advantages of being a non drinker!!

Supercrew

Congrats, mine has been good as well!!

Angelic17

Congrats Love, Living clean is awesome.

luckedog

When I was drinking my BP was often 190+ over 120+. A stroke looking for some where to happen! Dr. had me on 3 BP medicines.
Now after several months sober it stays 130 over 67 & doc took me off medication.

SOOO true!!

LaFemme

I hope that happens to me too...I am waiting for a little longer to get it checked out..maybe at the two month mark:-)

mercurial me

hypertension & alcoholism go hand in hand. they should put that label on booze bottles among other warnings

lildawg

My blood pressure lowered quite a bit after I quit drinking, too. Yay us!

BullDog777

i remember detoxing and getting a couple of readings that were 200-203/117-124 with blurry vision, and thinking i was gonna stroke. unreal. the last time i took it, it was 122/82.

i've only been sober for a little over 8 months, but it really feels like a lifetime ago. i can't believe i lived like that for so long.

LaFemme

Hey Bulldog, congrats on 8 months:-) I love your "sign":-)

loveon2legs

Congrats Bulldog on your 8 months..and on your blood pressure!!

TexasNative

Hear you on that, mine was always outta hand. 160ish over 99ish. I checked it Sunday and it was 122/73.

TexasNative

I totally agree. I think we all know smoking is bad for you, spilling McDonalds coffee all over yourself will hurt and drinking while pregnant isn't exactly great...but I had no idea alcohol had such a dramatic effect on BP 'til recently and theres no mention of it...unlike the other totally obvious things I mentioned. (BTW, don't stick your pinky in a pencil sharpener, the warnings say not to.)

hollybear

congrats!

LaFemme

I was just at the pharmacy and there is this big color photo by the cigarettes of blackened lungs. Maybe stores that sell alcohol should have a big poster as you walk in of a liver in advanced chirrosis (sp?).

Sorry for the thread hijack...

HIgby442

Aweosme Job! It feels good doesnt it? I had the same thing happen. From age 18 to 27 I had very high blood pressure. How many people that age are put on medication for it? Without the alcohol mine is down to a healthy range. And I feel so much better.

Keep up the good work!

MeAndOnlyMe

Booze dehydrates us which causes the kidneys to elevate BP as well as the fact that every time chronic drinkers aren't drinking is a mini-withdrawal which causes the kidneys to spike our BP.

I was always on the high side of good or slightly higher but I had a true physical exam with a physician yesterday and had a single time reading of 110/60 with a resting heart rate of 72 bpm. Not trying to be a jerk or steal anyone's thunder but go me!

Now if only I could get significantly less fat....