dreamygirl

Hello -

I was wondering if anyone can further explain something I read, to me:

Alcoholism progresses whether or not you are drinking. Even if you are sober many years, the disease is still progressing. So as recovery progresses, if you pick up a drink 10 years after you got sober, you are as sick as if you never stopped drinking throughout those 10 years.

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I don't understand? Clearly any physical issues will improve correct? How exactly does it progress?

Thanks!
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laurie6781

Say a person gets sober while they are still a "periodic" (binge drinker, not drinking every day but going on a real "rampage" when they do).

They stop, get sober, stay sober for 10 years or even 5 years.

Decide they have been so good that they can handle a drink now and then.

Once they pick up that first drink they will find that they no longer are a periodic. Within in a day or two they have become a "daily drinker" and are consuming much more than they ever did before they stopped.

This is not a guess, I have seen it happen time and time again. Others have done the research for me.

And the other thing is, although the liver may have started to heal or is healed, within a very short time it too will be in worse shape than it ever was when the person quit the first time.

Hope this helps to clarify the concept in your mind.

Love and (((((to all))))),