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Thinking about a drink for my birthday
I am currently stage 1 grade 1 from my biopsy results from october.I wanted to know I havent had a drink in almost 2 years and before when I did I only did it like 3 times a year but I havnt since Febuary of 2009 anyway I am thinking about having a couple of beers on my 27th Birthday in April,Would 1 time a year be ok or should I just not even think about doing it,anyway let me know what your opinion is about that.
Ah the occasional beer, glass of wine, I remember it well, Liberty School Chardonay, or that wonderful Pinot Noir. Now I just say no, and drink water/ I used to love to be a little tipsy, on just about anything that was available. Now I prefer to not. Except getting my biopsy, I will take a sedative then.
Mike de onl usefull or good advice my (fired)gastro doc. ever gave to me was "dont drink any alcohol! Ever again, for the rest of your life!) And take vit E for fatty liver. It reverses fatty liver in diabeties and hep. But not alcoholic fatty liver disease. DE **** of a doc, refused to write a order for the IL28b test. And ive just learned my blue cross/blue shield would of paid for it 100% probally. I got a few more weeks on this trial to learn if Im UND or not! If not I will be looking for a new doc. probally use the trial doc. Oh I heard a rumor tela will probally be here sooner than Aug. and the other boec? also applied for their licence to push pills> Oh Yea Happy Birthday and dont drink. I had a few drinks after my separation from hubby. Because I could "Bamb it"... My viral load went from 130k to 1.7 million . I dont know if it is because of the few beers. also although stage 0 the grade was 2 (inflamation) I dont know if it was the few beers or the painpills I got perscribed for my injuries. Something to think about! hey?
I was never a alcoholic!!your right.I did my occasional drinking in highschool at partys but then in 2001 when I found out I had the disease at 17 I went from doing it every weekend to doing it like 3 or 4 times a year or at the most 5 times a year.I was never made out to be a alcoholic for everybodys information
I just wanted to add something concerning the addict thing.
Not everyone who stops drinking used to be an addict before they stopped.
I used to drink alcohol, but was never an alcoholic. I stopped years ago, not knowing I had hep c, because I didn't like the feeling of getting tipsy or drunk anymore. And now I just don't do it, just as I don't smoke grass or cigarettes and don't eat meat.
Mike, you mention in your post that you only drank a few times a year, before you stopped drinking.
Personally I really don't think that a few drinks on your birthday will turn you into and alcoholic or harm your liver.
Not everyone who stops drinking used to be an addict before they stopped.
I used to drink alcohol, but was never an alcoholic. I stopped years ago, not knowing I had hep c, because I didn't like the feeling of getting tipsy or drunk anymore. And now I just don't do it, just as I don't smoke grass or cigarettes and don't eat meat.
Mike, you mention in your post that you only drank a few times a year, before you stopped drinking.
Personally I really don't think that a few drinks on your birthday will turn you into and alcoholic or harm your liver.
Throw gasoline on that there fire..........Drink if you want. But like Nygirl said, you won't read the responses anyway. That is irritating!!!!!!
Good luck with that all. But since you won't read the response anyway I guess I'm wasting my time to say if you are an addict you know that a drink can lead easily to other addictive behaviors so it's probably not the smartest thing I ever heard. I mean the word young should not be confused with stupid - if one of my kids were to ask me this question after being sober for a few years I think I know exactly which curse words I'd use to let them know how I felt.
By replacing a bad habit with a good one, would not be resisting it would be a good choice, for example if you sit in meditation for 15 minutes, you would begin to relax, you might even feel peaceful, then you would have a frame of reference, it might also get a glimpse of the great expansive nature of the mind. all that in exchange for a beer. If only it were that easy.
good luck,,,,,l
I think discipline was a quality I lacked that got me into this mess and now little by little I try to cultivate that quality. To each his own.
good luck,,,,,l
I think discipline was a quality I lacked that got me into this mess and now little by little I try to cultivate that quality. To each his own.
My (hepa) doc's advice to me before starting tx. was that having a glass of wine on a special occasion wasn't going to kill me. Just be certain that it doesn't set up a craving. In fact, you may feel enough of a negative effect after having a few beers that it helps you not want to have any anymore. For myself, I sometimes had to balance "feeling deprived" of something vs. allowing an indulgence. Allowing myself to explore that aspect of my personality - what was once an indulgence would these days be felt as a punishment as my desires have, on their own, changed. Wise advise from one of my wisest teachers - "What you resist persists."
Good luck and Happy Birthday!
Good luck and Happy Birthday!
If you want to celebrate your birthday, do it by NOT having a drink in celebration of tomorrow's birthdays, and celebration of the fact that you've got choices and you've made another positive one....
(If I really felt like a drink, I'd have a 'lemonade and bitters' or a very week shandy or a non-alcoholic beer; but, more importantly, I stopped myself from planning to have a drink on 'special' occasions, and planned to have a drink a couple of days before or after. This took away the 'significance' of 'special' and help me realise that I didn't need an excuse for having a drink, and could actually make the choice whenever I wanted to). You don't need the pressure of playing/indulging with negativity just because it's a 'special' day.
(If I really felt like a drink, I'd have a 'lemonade and bitters' or a very week shandy or a non-alcoholic beer; but, more importantly, I stopped myself from planning to have a drink on 'special' occasions, and planned to have a drink a couple of days before or after. This took away the 'significance' of 'special' and help me realise that I didn't need an excuse for having a drink, and could actually make the choice whenever I wanted to). You don't need the pressure of playing/indulging with negativity just because it's a 'special' day.
Hey mike just sent ya a long pm. then computer went off line. did'nt feel like typing that all again. hum booze? forget it are you high? I really think you'd be better off with the smoke. LMAO Anyways glad you and yours had a merry Christmass. Yep its cold out there. people stuck in snow there today/wearing flip-flops. Mine was dull and lonely,but the Nut liked the Bird. Ya better get a little fat on yer belly boy for de shots. I will look @ the trials again in your area. I think (and Im probally wrong) de Tela trials are over since it might be around the corner. If your job takes a dump you might need a trial. Can you save up for Cobra? There I just awnsered most of your pm and both of your threads (it's ok keep me laughing) oh and Tx is fine. And I know what ya mean about worry n about spreading it to others around ya. cut my self in garden, did'nt want to touche myself. Then I realized how silly I was and tended to my wound. Happy New year.
Personally I wouldn't, but I don't drink alcohol anyway.
I don't think it would be a problem to have a few beers on your birthday, unless you used to have a drinking problem before you stopped.
I don't think it would be a problem to have a few beers on your birthday, unless you used to have a drinking problem before you stopped.
oh yeah, I am extremely opinionated......... drink an apple cider, sit in meditation for 15 minutes.
my non professional advice, but living on this earth for 61 years Forget about it.!
find something else positive to replace that urge,,,,
find something else positive to replace that urge,,,,
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