Want to pick mn's brains on this one.
My older sister had a beautiful figure until about five years ago when she turned 40. She was a size 10, with a tiny handspan waist, broad shoulders and shapely legs.
She started to drink heavily about five years ago, but the changes in her body shape and appearance over the past few years have started to really worry me and are making me wonder if she is drinking even more than I suspected. Basically her whole body shape has changed dramatically. She's not just put a lot of weight on all over, she's now got a massive stomach, which she never had before. The other women in my family are all pear shaped - when we put on weight it all goes onto our legs and bottoms, but our middles stay relatively small.
Could heavy drinking be linked to her change in shape? How would it do this? Her skin is very coarse too - is this another sign of serious alcoholism?
I feel so worried about her. She's practically unrecognisable compared to the person she was a few years ago.
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Odd changes in body shape - too much alcohol?
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veryfragile · 16/06/2009 22:20
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