Denial

[Patrick13]

Thanks for your response. I have stopped now. I dont have a problem stopping even though I have drank for all those years. As I said diagnosed with fatty liver as they think due to being overweight but I know different. I am going to see my own Doctor this week to apologise for not telling him the truth over the years. I am also going to do the same with the consultant. I have started eating the Keto Diet and walking a considerable amount. My fear is it would be a miracle if my liver isn't damaged more than just fatty liver and progress to something more serious. I have joined this forum and was amazed someone responded but couldn't sleep last night with fear and worry after reading the situation of some poor souls on here find themselves in. Thank You.

[Kev12564]

Sounds very positive. That’s amazing you’ve stopped, hopefully forever. That two stone should be off within months. It’ll cost you a fortune in new clothes, though 😀

[Patrick13 in reply to Kev12564]

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[Willh0]

Hi Patrick,

I stopped in the same way that you did, the doc gave me a very simple choice to make, keep drinking and you’ll die very soon or stop and we will do everything to help you. So with no real choice to make I stopped. I didn’t go to any support services but then again my ex wives have said I’m very stubborn. I don’t agree but then the main word there is ex.

Sorry side tracked. I used to go to the doctors, consultants and so on and when the question of how many units a drank a week I was like a maths gymnast. It’s about 38, I think. Got that number by taking what I was drinking in treble figs, halving it, then halved again, then again then again and again then adding 3 just for good measure. I’d walk out thinking well done Hughes, you’ve fooled them. Each visit to any health people it was the same figure, a bit more well a lot more now but at the time I thought a believable number.

When I then nearly died and had ‘the chat’ with the doctor that saved my life, I started to apologise for lying to him for xxxx amount of years. He looked at me and a slight grin came across his face. We were wondering when you were going to come clean. We know you were lying to us, you don’t get the symptoms and issues you have but just going out at the weekend. We see the images, results of tests and so on, we roughly knew how much you were knocking back, but that stops now doesn’t it???? Yes doc it does.

They will already know how much you have been drinking but for me, it was a weight off me. For the first time more or less ever I was honest about it. Which I felt was a very scary thing to do, coming clean and then addressing it. It’s a very brave thing to do and your very strong for, and the tense may be wrong now, for doing it but you will feel better all round for doing it. Sorry I do tend to ramble on on these things.

Hope it all goes well for you,

William.

[Patrick13 in reply to Willh0]

Hi William,

Thank you so much for your response. Your story is identical to mine and I am so grateful you have shared it with me. Thank you. Take care William.