Careful What You Wish For
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Careful What You Wish For
Last drink July 4th!
Independence Day re-defined!
I drank 5-7 beers / glasses of wine a night, pretty steady. No driving accidents or arrests, no fights, no getting fired or dumped. I would drink 2-3 quick and get to a nice buzzed place, then have a beer an hour after that and just be right there. Rarely got truly drunk.
It was more drinking than I was comfortable with, especially in my fifth decade. It was a steady downward pull on all aspects of my life. I wanted to drink less.
Careful what you wish for. What I thought was heartburn got me admitted to the hospital with a very angry liver. An MRI and some tests later found me clear of Hepatitis A, B, and C, but found that I had developed the same kind of condition through my drinking. They call it Alcoholic Hepatitis. No virus; it's caused by alcohol.
So no more drinking for me. Bummer. I was having fun with craft beer and trying more Spanish red wines.
Day 11. Librium keeping me good, if sleepy. Craving sugar. Think about beer a little but mostly feeling bored. It's going to take me a while to get into a sober groove.
It's nice to meet you all. I like the community you are building here.
Independence Day re-defined!
I drank 5-7 beers / glasses of wine a night, pretty steady. No driving accidents or arrests, no fights, no getting fired or dumped. I would drink 2-3 quick and get to a nice buzzed place, then have a beer an hour after that and just be right there. Rarely got truly drunk.
It was more drinking than I was comfortable with, especially in my fifth decade. It was a steady downward pull on all aspects of my life. I wanted to drink less.
Careful what you wish for. What I thought was heartburn got me admitted to the hospital with a very angry liver. An MRI and some tests later found me clear of Hepatitis A, B, and C, but found that I had developed the same kind of condition through my drinking. They call it Alcoholic Hepatitis. No virus; it's caused by alcohol.
So no more drinking for me. Bummer. I was having fun with craft beer and trying more Spanish red wines.
Day 11. Librium keeping me good, if sleepy. Craving sugar. Think about beer a little but mostly feeling bored. It's going to take me a while to get into a sober groove.
It's nice to meet you all. I like the community you are building here.
I hope the support here can help you stay sober for good. 
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Welcome Cyrano! I was diagnosed with fatty liver last year. I still drank for a few months after that, beware of how easy it is to ignore the need to abstain. Complete insanity! I'm 9 months sober now and my liver enzymes are all back to normal. Stick with us! Things can get better even if some degree of liver damage remains
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Thanks, all for the nice welcome messages!
I'm sticking with it, sure would like a beer right now after working with a difficult client, but that's on the list of triggers!
The main ones:
Hungry
Tired
Angry
Sad
Sort of all four right now. I had a Gelato with a shot of Espresso and that SEEMS TO BE HELPING!!!
I need some water though. I've been chugging down LaCroix Water cause it's cold and fizzy like beer, and kinda looks like a beer too. One after another. I wonder how much I was drinking beer just cause I was thirsty.
Cheers!
I'm sticking with it, sure would like a beer right now after working with a difficult client, but that's on the list of triggers!
The main ones:
Hungry
Tired
Angry
Sad
Sort of all four right now. I had a Gelato with a shot of Espresso and that SEEMS TO BE HELPING!!!
I need some water though. I've been chugging down LaCroix Water cause it's cold and fizzy like beer, and kinda looks like a beer too. One after another. I wonder how much I was drinking beer just cause I was thirsty.
Cheers!
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