This might be a weird question .. but ...

[Zeta]

This might be a weird question .. but ...

I would definitely get my liver checked if I noticed my eyes getting yellow, especially if your drinking is chronic. For me, my eyes are more bloodshot than anything, due to AL. My eyes only return to normal if I haven't been drinking for at least a week or more.

[Zeta]

This might be a weird question .. but ...

I had been binge drinking for years and had not had a physical in 15 years or so. I was petrified to have my liver checked thinking they would tell me it was cirohosis or something...I was on absolute pins and needles the couple days I waited for the results.

When they came back absolutely normal I was blown away. It was and is a testiment to how resilient our livers really are. Unfortunately, I felt it gave me a "Free Pass" to continue my binging.

[42cat]

This might be a weird question .. but ...

Thanks Zeta ... It's great to hear that your liver tests were OK, and it gives me some good hope. I was thinking similar things though - if mine are OK, is it going to give me an opening to start back with the drinks? This "disease" (or whatever it is) really s*cks.

[~iirene~]

This might be a weird question .. but ...

cat, my adult child has powder blue and yellow eyes ???
loaded with tatoos, black indian art ???
this child of mine is a Binge Freak.
does not smoke butts, or pot, he just loves his Kettle.
gorgeous, only to disappear for 3 days.

do i relate, like yellow, not BLUE.

ii~rene. :l:l i worry.

[peacenik]

This might be a weird question .. but ...

42cat, do you have any pain in your upper right abdomen, under your rib cage? if so, tell your doc and be honest about how much you drink.

peace!

[Zeta]

This might be a weird question .. but ...

42cat;686395 wrote: Thanks Zeta ... It's great to hear that your liver tests were OK, and it gives me some good hope. I was thinking similar things though - if mine are OK, is it going to give me an opening to start back with the drinks? This "disease" (or whatever it is) really s*cks.

Yes that was the problem with hearing my liver was okay. Good news of course, but the animal brain of mine that thinks excessive drinking is perfectly fine used that as proof that what I was doing was perfectly fine.

I proceeded to fall back into my old patterns of overdrinking/binging and I'm trying to pull myself back from the ledge again. I'm on day 6 AF and feeling much, much better. It's not difficult for me to quit drinking for days/weeks in a row...The hard part for me is not falling right back into the same destructive patterns once I start up again.