No Drink

[lonmallin50]

Its been 3 years now since I stopped drinking I tried several times before but could not do it until I come across this site and read all the stories some sad some happy but all really real life stories of liver disease, mine was drink , then i realised really what I was doing to my self I really did not think in my own little world of a drunken mind that it really would kill me I thought there is no way it could kill me until one stay in hospital for 3 three weeks when i was fresh and come out then I went on to this site that I found out I was dying myself slowly. It was a story of how much that the family will have to go through watching their one of their family killing himself slowly then being alone without him at the end of it all that's what I was doing to my family since i read that story i never drank since i still needed a transplant because it was gone to far with was done in oct 23 I just like to thank everyone on here that reply to all of other peoples problem's and try and help them out i read it everyday it saved my life I was a lucky one 6months since transplant i feel the best I've every have thanks to the wonderful NHS i wish every one luck with there treatment there going through its all worth it in the end.

[Grassroots112]

Great story thanks for sharing and congrats on the transplant and glad to learn you’re doing great. I would be dead if I didn’t stop drinking, it’s been hard, but gets easier and I’ve since delved deep into my own phsyce and come to the conclusion that any future battle isn’t with the booze, but boredom, which when k gave up drinking thought would be tough to do without whenever I get bored. I’ve learned getting bored is normal, being bored is normal and that most importantly it’s not a tiger to drink, it’s a natural human condition which I think I’ve come to accept and even try to benefit from by way of winding down and using spells of boredom to regulate my life with mundane every can things like shopping for groceries, researching recipes, reading, etc. Take care.

[Dogbot]

Well done you I know how difficult it is to give up and stay off the drink but the benefits are fantastic. I must say your right about this site it is full of wonderful people all willing to help if possible. Good luck keep up with the good work 👍👍.

Stay safe All

Dogbot 🐶🌈Dave

[Millie09]

Hey 👋 lonmallin50 , so pleased to see your doing well post transplant , it's hard giving up the booze ,I tried a few times and failed but then was given no option when cirrhosis was diagnosed, talk about too late 😐 but like yourself I gave up ,that was in 2008 ,unfortunately had a 2 year blow out when my dad passed away whilst caring for him.. but I came through it thankfully. Continue the great work, I wish you all the best for a long happy healthy life

Happy Easter 🐣

Best wishes linda

[lonmallin50 in reply to Millie09]

thanks

[BoHo73]

Fabulous- keep going xxx

[Chick_atee]

Well done. Keep going. So happy to hear you are doing well. 💪

[Milk12]

Very well done and good health and thankyou to the donor and their family ,what a gift

[MilliganHorse]

That is a really good to hear, and I, for one, as a wife of a very heavy drinker who is now in a special unit in the biggest hospital here where we live in Marseille being drained and flushed after ascetis returned (3rd time) since diagnosis in January, thank you from the bottom of my heart that you realised and that you are feeling so much better since your transplant. My hubby is there because the transplant team are I think hoping that they may be able to get him into a better place healthwise before any transplant. I don't know if it is just me but I have been feeling utterly helpless and useless trying to nurse 24/7 but ultimately feeling very angry at times for the years of being ignored when pleading for him to stop drinking and him feeling I am not being compassionate - If I could prevent just one wife/mother/partner/daughter/son from experiencing what I have and what will be the journey ahead of us it would be an answered prayer - but I think I probably speak for every human on the planet that even if someone had told him in his younger years that he could prevent this he wouldn't have listened because as he says drinking never seemed to stop him from doing anything he wanted to do and he was always fit and I mean fit as in quite an athlete in his time , and strong as an ox, and never had a hangover! Today he doesn't even have enough muscle strength to push himself up to sit! There are days I go from crying to telling myself to get a grip and be strong for both of us but it is hard sometimes or maybe I am just not as strong as most of you in this group seem to be and able to cope for that I thank you because it gives me hope and goodness knows I really need that atm. Sorry for long share I hope you will forgive emotions.

[lonmallin50 in reply to MilliganHorse]

Thanks I pray everything gets and goes well with you and you husband be strong lon

[DB50]

Well done, keep it up! I also had a few ‘false starts’, but gave up completely in 2019, after 10 days in hospital with acute alcoholic hepatitis, which I recovered from, and was diagnosed with underlying cirrhosis, which obviously won’t go away.

Life is so much better without it, I wish I’d known this 20 years ago, but isn’t hindsight wonderful? We have both been given a second chance, let’s both make the most of it.

All the very best,

Richard

[pushthrough]

Great story lonmallin and congratulations on giving up the booze, and receiving a new liver with a new lease on life! There's not many people who can give up drinking but you did! 🎉 Thank you for the encouraging story.

For those who are reading this who drink, I didn't think it would happen to me either but at age 38 I was told I had compensated Cirrohsis. Give up the booze forever even if you think you don't drink enough to damage your liver. I thought the same thing and I was wrong!

G.