I'll state right up front this is extreme case so don't get too frightened but it is something to watch out for.
So I think I've stated elsewhere that heavy drinking is what killed my mother in January last year at the age of 57. She would polish off probably the best part of a cheap bottle whiskey most nights and would pretty much start form when she got home from work or at weekends afternoon onwards unless she was out. Both myself and my sister tried to have a frank conversation with my parents about it in our 20's but it fell on deaf ears simple because they didn't wake up and have drink and never felt like they needed a drink. So Chirstmas 2 years ago my Mum isn't feeling well whilst drops in to Minor Injuries Unit, she hadn't been feeling great for a few weeks and a year previous had gone through a cancer scare that required radiation but was in remission and she was no longer taking anything for it. She gets taken into hospital for observation and its soon found that her liver is doing really badly as this is her first scare the doctors basically tell us its not good but with proper aftercare they expect her to pull through all we really talk about is if she'll be able to leave hospital for Chirstmas. Should also say a lot of this is what I was told second hand I was working out in Canada at the time and the family made a decision not to tell me until I came back on the 20th. Unfortunate things don' get better and they deteriorate rapidly on Christmas Eve to the point she is admitted to the ICU and for the first time her mortality is talked about and were giving 60% chance to survive. Still things initially go well in ICU and on Boxing Day I had long conversation with the doctor and because this is her first scare he expect her to pull through and the discussion is mainly about given her a support plan to stop drinking when she is able to come home. He does mention that an ICU trip he wouldn't expect until something like 3rd scare which is why I put caveat up top. Unfortunately after that things basically deteriorated for a month and she passed away by the end January.
Now some stuff on this my Dad quickly went for a checkup on his own health and was found to actually to be pretty fine, he was twice the size of my mother but its another indicator more was going on with Mum than anyone fully understood along with the fact doctors would of expected her to present multiple times before we hit this stage. I'll always be a bit frustrated with transplant rules in this country as Mum wasn't allowed as she had not shown she wouldn't carry on drinking, which is a bit hard if the first time you present to doctors it kills you (thanks George Best for that one).
Still I'll always say to people watch your regular drinking its usually fine if your social drinker and not going out that often. My sister barely drinks (never really did beforehand) and I pretty much am a Gin drinker currently but I'll have possibly 6 glasses a week maximum (only ever 2 in one night) which equates to 12 units a week (I drink doubles which I do measure and they are 1-1.2 units per shot).
To add to Tallshport my experience is non-social drinking settle down a lot more in the 30's age group but that could just be my social bubble.
So I think I've stated elsewhere that heavy drinking is what killed my mother in January last year at the age of 57. She would polish off probably the best part of a cheap bottle whiskey most nights and would pretty much start form when she got home from work or at weekends afternoon onwards unless she was out. Both myself and my sister tried to have a frank conversation with my parents about it in our 20's but it fell on deaf ears simple because they didn't wake up and have drink and never felt like they needed a drink. So Chirstmas 2 years ago my Mum isn't feeling well whilst drops in to Minor Injuries Unit, she hadn't been feeling great for a few weeks and a year previous had gone through a cancer scare that required radiation but was in remission and she was no longer taking anything for it. She gets taken into hospital for observation and its soon found that her liver is doing really badly as this is her first scare the doctors basically tell us its not good but with proper aftercare they expect her to pull through all we really talk about is if she'll be able to leave hospital for Chirstmas. Should also say a lot of this is what I was told second hand I was working out in Canada at the time and the family made a decision not to tell me until I came back on the 20th. Unfortunate things don' get better and they deteriorate rapidly on Christmas Eve to the point she is admitted to the ICU and for the first time her mortality is talked about and were giving 60% chance to survive. Still things initially go well in ICU and on Boxing Day I had long conversation with the doctor and because this is her first scare he expect her to pull through and the discussion is mainly about given her a support plan to stop drinking when she is able to come home. He does mention that an ICU trip he wouldn't expect until something like 3rd scare which is why I put caveat up top. Unfortunately after that things basically deteriorated for a month and she passed away by the end January.
Now some stuff on this my Dad quickly went for a checkup on his own health and was found to actually to be pretty fine, he was twice the size of my mother but its another indicator more was going on with Mum than anyone fully understood along with the fact doctors would of expected her to present multiple times before we hit this stage. I'll always be a bit frustrated with transplant rules in this country as Mum wasn't allowed as she had not shown she wouldn't carry on drinking, which is a bit hard if the first time you present to doctors it kills you (thanks George Best for that one).
Still I'll always say to people watch your regular drinking its usually fine if your social drinker and not going out that often. My sister barely drinks (never really did beforehand) and I pretty much am a Gin drinker currently but I'll have possibly 6 glasses a week maximum (only ever 2 in one night) which equates to 12 units a week (I drink doubles which I do measure and they are 1-1.2 units per shot).
To add to Tallshport my experience is non-social drinking settle down a lot more in the 30's age group but that could just be my social bubble.
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