I'm f**c*d aren't I

[Vanlady]

So tomorrow I hope to drink my last bottle of wine (yes, bottle). Slipped into the typical wine drinking mum mode about 20 years ago. As a nurse I've picked up a few tricks, avoid the itchiness caused by toxins building in your body un processed by your liver , by taking a daily anti - histamine,combat the depression by taking anti depressants and generally stick a smile on your face. Drink 4 bottles of wine weekly and ignore everything else but I can't hide the symptoms any more, my nails have terrys syndrome (alcoholic liver disease symptoms) no one has noticed but me and they are getting worse. Mum to an adult with moderate LD and have a 30 Yr plus happy marriage. Aibu to think I can turn this around at such a late stage or should I prepare them for the fact I will die soon

@Vanlady Well done, keep going, you can do it. x

Sorry for your loss @BritInAus x

@EternalOptimist7 I know what you mean, but it just goes to show how much a lot of us drink. I think 50% of the population admit to drinking too much. To those who don't drink, the 14 units probably seems quite a lot.

Well done @Vanlady. You're doing great. If you haven't already, download the Easy quit drinking app. It has a whole page dedicated to your health improvement after giving up alcohol. You've completed a fair few of them already. Liver health is apparently a year, but yours could well be sooner because its all dependent on the amount of alcohol drunk. I'm almost 450 days sober. Are you finding you are now overindulging in sugar?

That's fantastic Vanlady. Well done you.

Solid effort.

Well done, I'd be proud of that 👍🏻