How many years do you have left?

[chrisms]

If my math is correct I've got a good 5-7 years of heavy drinking left before I need to quit.

Cirrhosis has many causes. In the United States, chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C are the most common ones.

Alcoholic liver disease. To many people, cirrhosis of the liver is synonymous with chronic alcoholism, but in fact, alcoholism is only one of the causes. Alcoholic cirrhosis usually develops after more than a decade of heavy drinking. The amount of alcohol that can injure the liver varies greatly from person to person. In women, as few as two to three drinks per day have been linked with cirrhosis and in men, as few as three to four drinks per day. Alcohol seems to injure the liver by blocking the normal metabolism of protein, fats, and carbohydrates.

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[nakedfrog]

I was only a heavy drinker for about six years, so I should be fine.

 

[neonerd]

little more than a decade

 

[Lonyo]

3-4 drinks a day is "few"?
Wow. I don't drink much at the moment, but I would anticipate maybe 4 drinks two night a week. 3~4 a day is to me quite a lot
<-- 18, but in the UK where the legal age is 18

 

[Triumph]

coworker of mine is dying of cirrhosis.

 

[mb]

Wait, you need your liver? And alcohol kills it? NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

 

[NeoPTLD]

Is the damage cumulative?

like, would drinking 2 drinks a day for ten days have the same cumulative damage as drinking 5 drinks a day for four days?

 

[chrisms]

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
Is the damage cumulative?

like, would drinking 2 drinks a day for ten days have the same cumulative damage as drinking 5 drinks a day for four days?

I don't believe so, because someone who drinks x amount of drinks over 10 years and dies of cirrhosis at 35 has done more damage than someone who drinks x amount of drink over their whole 80 year lifetime and dies of a heart attack. If it were cumulative I think all old people would be dying of cirrhosis.

 

[Gurck]

Hard to say, when I drink I drink a lot, but I don't drink often.

 

[cirrhosis]

I don't drink that much any more.

On the other hand, maybe I should stop. I'd rather die of old age than cirrhosis.

 

[imported_DocHolliday]

cool... i'm only on year two

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: DocHolliday
cool... i'm only on year two

I have to stop tomorrow.

 

[DAGTA]

Yes, because it's magical where all the drinking up to that point is harmless and then *BAM!* you instantly have severe liver damage.

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: DocHolliday
cool... i'm only on year two

I have to stop tomorrow.

Shamelessly copied from an email for you, jadinolf:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I recently picked a new primary care physician. After two visits and
exhaustive lab tests, he said I was doing "fairly well" for my age. A
little concerned about that comment, I couldn't resist asking him, "Do you
think I'll live to be 80?"
He asked, "well, do you smoke tobacco or drink beer or wine?"
"Oh no", I replied. "I've never done either."
Then he asked, "Do you eat rib-eye steaks and barbecued ribs?"
I said, "No, I heard that all red meat is very unhealthy."
"Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like playing golf / sailing
/ ballooning / motorcycling / rock climbing?"
"No I don't", I said.
He said, "Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or sexually fool around?"
"No", I said. "I have never done any of those things."
He looked at me and said, "Then why do you give a sh!t if you live
to be 80?"

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

not many considering i just pooped blood

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: chrisms

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
Is the damage cumulative?

like, would drinking 2 drinks a day for ten days have the same cumulative damage as drinking 5 drinks a day for four days?

I don't believe so, because someone who drinks x amount of drinks over 10 years and dies of cirrhosis at 35 has done more damage than someone who drinks x amount of drink over their whole 80 year lifetime and dies of a heart attack. If it were cumulative I think all old people would be dying of cirrhosis.

I don't think so either..I believe the liver has an easier time processing a little bit of alcohol many times than processing a LOT of alcohol at once.

 

[piroroadkill]

I drink a lot.

Only reason I'm not drinking at this very moment in time is because I literally have no beer left.

I do, however, have two bottles of vodka imported from the motherland, but I was trying to save them for a special occasion.

Yes, it does get pretty bad. The moment I got home I wondered where my housemates were and tried to drop hints about trying to get a lift to go out and buy more beer. (I walk home, no beer on the way, plus carrying crates up a hill = suck).

Edit: I had 8 250ml bottles of Kronenbourg just while I was repairing my landlord's PC, just as a little example, and will commonly guzzle a metric fuckton on my own sat at my machine.

HAHAHA, I was just looking at the activity history for a contact on my list, and searched "beer" and Trillian popped back phrases such as:

"I need more beer I guess"
"Just spilt some beer"
"but giving up beer, no way"
"everyone needs a beer"
"Can I nick a beer"
"... back with a beer listening to the ..."
"about to crack open a beer"
"... kick back with a beer and cross my ... "
"... welcome to pop round for a beer later"
"... I've got my beers and I've started"
"... got 24 bottles of beer though"
"http://www.zen51445.zen.co.uk/images/beerworld.gif"
"and buy beer easier"
"no beer"
"just sitting back with a beer"

 

[QuitBanningMe]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I was only a heavy drinker for about six years, so I should be fine.

 

[brigden]

I'm about due. Last Saturday I started drinking at 10:30am and had about 30-35 bottles of beer.