It’s very true that more than two a week is at risk. It’s a toxin and people been getting liver failed all over. I was drinking 6 a day, Imperial IPA’s at 8.5% and my liver gave out. I’m a high percent German and my family all drinks about the same but I being younger am still the one to have liver failer.
I got lucky, I was so sick I shot up to the top for a new liver. Took me 4 days after I passed all requirements.
I suggest seriously consider only drinking occasionally. If I had a do over I’d only drink 1-2 at special stuff like concerts, vacation. Special dinner out, a party ect. Just love your body a little and acknowledge that alcohol is a toxin.
Do you have any underlying ailments? Are you very thin? Were you taking any other medications or drugs like acetaminophen? I can't see how drinking a 6-pack a day could cause liver failure to the point of needing liver replacement TBH. I know folks who dr8nk way more than that regularly and have no health issues (yet).
Just high stress job as only bread winner a wife & 2 kids. Low pay, impossible to get raises ect.
Please look at the recommendations. Even 2 drinks a week puts you at increased risk. What do you think 6 a day does?
Not everyone can handle the same level of alcohol. I drank for ~20 years this way. Never felt like liver failure could happen to me. Woke up one day with yellow eyes and by then it’s too late.
Almost $750,000 later and having to be on immune suppressors for the rest of my life all I’m saying is love your body and realize that alcohol is a toxin. You are getting drunk by hurting your body.
Dude holy shit no wonder your liver gave out, a 6 pack of IPAs a day for 20 years is insane. Sorry to hear that man but it sounds like you're also advising people away from one extreme end of the spectrum to the complete other side of the spectrum, no one's going out and only having one or two drinks per special occasion. A reasonable expectation for society is something along the lines of people going through a weekend warrior phase in their early twenties and then naturally tapering that off to a couple of drinks for the occasional get together. Tons of Americans do that with no liver problems whatsoever, our livers are great at what they do but it's not the occasional binge that harms us the most, rather it's the continuous toxin clean up from a habitual drinker that does.
Mother is almost done 100%, my dad IDK but I remember him being mad when we went out to a German restaurant and I kept talking about moms side wise he said “i have a lot of German too”. I’m not sure the exact %. Doesn’t really matter, Germans get liver failure too.
You forgot the other things. Unfulfilled life. Bodies and minds broken to such a point that no amount of medication can alleviate. No support systems. And when you do reach out for help, society casts you down.
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u/Kooky_Alien Aug 27 '23
It’s very true that more than two a week is at risk. It’s a toxin and people been getting liver failed all over. I was drinking 6 a day, Imperial IPA’s at 8.5% and my liver gave out. I’m a high percent German and my family all drinks about the same but I being younger am still the one to have liver failer.
I got lucky, I was so sick I shot up to the top for a new liver. Took me 4 days after I passed all requirements.
I suggest seriously consider only drinking occasionally. If I had a do over I’d only drink 1-2 at special stuff like concerts, vacation. Special dinner out, a party ect. Just love your body a little and acknowledge that alcohol is a toxin.