AIBU to ask you to really think about how much alcohol you drink?

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There is currently a thread in AMA that's made me post this, on the basis that this area has more traffic than AMA.

In my experience (I'm from a family of alcoholics; have been sober myself for about 15 years), many people who drink more than they should reassure themselves that, because they keep fit (often to extreme levels!), and because they drink 'only' the same amount as their friends, and because their blood tests show a normal liver function, they are 'safe'. What the AMA thread reminds us of is that it's possible to go from being apparently 100% healthy to having cirrhosis literally overnight.

Please have a genuine, serious look at how much alcohol you drink, particularly if there are people in your life who rely on you. The liver rarely gives warnings.

Thanks for reading.

But the people who have the problem don’t think this applies to them.
Like you say, they have no health concerns and see themselves as healthy, while the family are poorer and worried.

People who don't have a problem with alcohol don't need this warning. People who do have a problem with alcohol won't listen to it.

This tbh.

Gosh, a very negative take on what was supposed to be a helpful opening post! Surely life isn't that black and white? In my experience, most people who drink too much regularly worry about the amount they consume, and try many, many times to stop.

My friend drinks a bottle of wine every night. She knows it's too much and she knows she shouldn't do it but it doesn't stop her.

I can't see how you think that prompting people to look at what they drink will really make a difference?

I genuinely don't drink too much however hard I look at it.

I was probably drinking too much tbh, usually around 2-3 bottles of wine at the weekend every weekend. All of a sudden I just felt absolutely no desire to drink anymore at the weekends about a month ago and I haven't really bothered with it since. I did have too much over xmas I think but I have lost that weekend craving for wine to "unwind" and I am perfectly happy without it atm. Very odd as never really been like this before but my hangovers have got much worse at the age of 36 so perhaps it's just not worth it for me anymore

This.

Look, I'm also talking from experience. Your post is all well and good but you're naive to think a random stranger on mumsnet is going to influence anyone who has a problem with an addictive substance. As you say alcoholics and alcohol dependents/misusers are usually well aware that this is what they are. I'm not being negative I'm just being realistic.

I did this in 2015 and made massive changes. But I had also been thinking about it already and I knew my husband was full on alcohol dependent so it was a low threshold for taking action. I think very many people drink scary amounts