Alcohol related Question?!

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Just tell them you don't drink or booze doesn't agree with you.

Hi Gabriel

Can excessive drinking really damage my liver?

Yes, as a matter of fact, excessive drinking can cause several liver related diseases. One of the most common liver related diseases caused my excessive drinking, is alcoholic hepatitis. Alcoholic hepatitis can easily be recognized by the following symptoms:

-Abdominal pains
-Abnormal yellowing of the skin and eyeballs
-Fever

If a person continues with excessive drinking, alcoholic hepatitis can be fatal. Another common liver related disease is cirrhosis or scarring of the liver. Once again, if left untreated and excessive drinking continues, cirrhosis can be fatal.

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Well, you are on the right track for a faux diagnosis. Liver and kidney damage are both reasons that one would not be able to drink. There are some medications that cause damage to organs, but I doubt you would want to say "I took Accutane for bad acne as a teen, and it screwed up my liver" either. For people who don't know that you ever drank alcohol, you can always say you were born with a low functioning liver, or only one kidney. That won't work with people who know you drank before though, obviously. You could also say you just don't enjoy the "drunk" feeling some people get. There is nothing wrong with that. Also, you can't drink alcohol with certain common antibiotics, often used for sinus infections. If you have a chronic sinus condition and take preventative antibiotics, then you can't drink. And that doesn't sound quite as serious as liver or kidney damage. Or, if the people you hang out with are real friends, you can tell the truth and they'll understand. My husband has not had a drink in almost 3 years, and our friends and family know the truth and understand. He is totally comfortable being around alcohol, he just chooses not to drink. It is understandable if you want to avoid being uncomfortable or feeling like you are making others uncomfortable, so do or say what works best for you. Congratulations on your sobriety and keep at it!

Good luck!

Experience

If you are going out with them to restaurants or hanging with them at a house then just let them know you don't drink, don't lie but don't tell them the whole story unless you want to and they are close enough to you. It is creditable that you haven't had a drink in a long time keep that up but say it is a personal reason with personal experiences why you don't if they can't respect that then they are not as close friends as you would want. and if they try to pressure you, you don't need to be around them. It is admirable what you are doing keep it up and good luck.

Hi there. I've been sober for many years. At this point I'm neither embarrassed about having been an alcoholic, nor proud that I don't drink....and I've found that the easiest way to handle the question of why I don't drink is to simply say "it doesn't agree with me" and leave it at that.

More than that, though...most people really do not care. It does not matter as much as you think.

You are not required to label yourself an "alcoholic" or share that information with anyone.

You know that AA is a program of complete honesty, and the 12 th step carries this into our everyday lives, so,You say, NO I don't, drink , and if asked why, you say I am an Alcoholic.
That is what we all say , if sober, and so should you , you are not anything special.

17 yrs

Most people I know that don't drink say that they just don't like the taste. I knew a man that didn't drink because his father was an alcoholic and this had put him off ever drinking, you could maybe use that excuse. Or that you are taking medication that is affected by alcohol

Tell them you needed to save some money and you felt really healthy after not drinking for a few weeks, you decided not to start again.
Or just say you can't handle your and I'm sure they will understand.

How about the truth. "Me and alcohol don't get along." Works for the people I'm friends with that choose not to drink for what ever reason.

just tell them it's your choice.

it's really not their business and you don't have to cover by lying, that's stupid. stand up for yourself