I had a serious liver related hospital admission for 3 weeks in the new year which frankly could easily have been the beginning of the end. After months of detailed tests, scans etc have just found out my liver function is normal and there is only some limited scarring currently, which may or may not improve. But as things stand my liver and surrounding organs are coping with life, and pretty happy about it!!
And I haven't had a drink for nearly 4.5 months. It's not been plain sailing, and I've since been diagnosed with depression. Life is very different - some of it completely joyful, calm and enriched. And some of it more boring and predictable. And some of it harder to face with nothing to hide behind.
But I haven't had a single day since I stopped where I regretted not having a drink. It's an ongoing way of life, but I feel proud every morning when I wake up, enjoy being always 'present' in the lives of my family, and think I've done pretty darn well!