I haven't had a drink in eight days and I feeling much better. I've got some bad blood tests though and I am just hoping for the best. Bilirubin is high; spleen is inlarged, enzymes are high. Anyone have experience with liver regeneration? Even if I never have another drop of alcohol again, can I still live a fairly long life? Any opinions?
Medical advice is not our field. Our business is helping alcoholics achieve sobriety. In that context we have seen thousands and thousands of alcoholics, including ourselves, recover from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body, and go on to live lives beyond our wildest dreams. I was within 6 months of dying when I came to AA, that was over thirty years ago. Does that count as a fairly long term cure?
Feeling better after 8 days is a fairly normal reaction. When you stop taking a depressant (alcohol) you are bound to feel better for a time. Unfortunately, when alcohol has been in the system for such a long time it takes a while for moods to level off, so you can expect to have some fairly significant ups and downs for a while but it will pass.
Whether you are a candidate for our type of help is something for you to decide. Can you stop drinking on your own now you find you are in a serious medical situation because of alcohol? Or do you find you cannot stop even though you know it is very dangerous to your health for you to drink? Do you even want to stop drinking?
Tell us more my friend. You have found a good site and we will all help you if we can.
Medical advice is not our field. Our business is helping alcoholics achieve sobriety. In that context we have seen thousands and thousands of alcoholics, including ourselves, recover from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body, and go on to live lives beyond our wildest dreams. I was within 6 months of dying when I came to AA, that was over thirty years ago. Does that count as a fairly long term cure?
You have found a good site and we will all help you if we can.
"When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically." Pg 64 AA book. Right here in the 4step & the beginning of this new phase of our life we are given this promise. When I came into AA I thought that I damaged myself physically & mentally beyond recovery, but as I began to work the steps & make the meetings, I got well despite myself. This is the good news that the book brings to us. Wish you well.
Hello and Welcome,once you put down the substance ,All things are possible.Glad you showed up here.Hope you start getting in tuned with AA and live your life accordingly.Keep coming back okay!! Congrats on 8 days,a true miracle...
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
All I can tell you is my own experience which was that my soaring blood pressure is now normal. I lost a great deal of weight...I stopped smoking.... I could never do any of these things while drinking.
Of course I could get hit by a bus and die today....but I feel good knowing I learned how to live a basically healthy life. I can only do my part and the rest is up to a power greater than myself.
So...the suggestion is...Work on sobriety because the results can only be good. Bad things that "might" happen fall into the category of things you are powerless over.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change (declining health, death, aging) The courage to change the things I can (stay sober working the AA program!) And the wisdom to know the difference (the hardest part is here and it involves turning your worries over to a higher power and spending your time and energy in constructive ways that will enhance your life rather than the old alcoholic pattern of self-sabotage that we all engaged in).
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Keep coming back. It works if you work it. So work it. You're worth it!
