I think my drinking is getting out of control.......

[.:SpIcYsPy:.]

God I never get taught half them things at school! I don't drink and I'm not planning to drink more than a glass when I can drink + If not.. nothing!

[di marco]

i didnt know all that either. i dont drink excessively, just cos one of my mums aunts is an alky and i dont wanna turn out how shes turned out. i was shocked when my sis told me that some girl in her year at school (my sis is 16) was rushed into hospital cos she had got liver spots from drinking too much!

[pookie1968uk]

Sensible advise I see.

From British Liver Trust



People seem to have the dumb misconception that they can get a new liver. No, you can't. For a liver transplant to happen, someone has to die, donate their liver and then that liver has to match. The waiting list is huge and guess what? If you're an alcoholic, you're right at the bottom of the list.

im glad to see someone highlighting the dangers of drinking. i work with alcoholics and drug addicts in a drop in centre and it would stop a lot of people drinking to excess if you could see how these people live their lives in such a mess. our country will have an eperdemic of people with liver failure in 20 years time and no one seems too bothered that they could be one of them.
sorry to get on my high horse but alcohol is really deadly and it doesnt take much for it to take over some ones life.

[Rain_]

I was a huge binge drinker at one point. Didn't think I was doing any harm as it was only weekends.

I'm now diabetic. Wether or not this has stemmed from the drinking has not been proven...only suggested, but it was enough to give me a huge body shock.

Please don't think that just because you don't drink from morning till night every day, that you don't have a problem. Whilst you may not be categorised as "an alcoholic" in most peoples eyes if you just drink socially, the problems often start inside your body where you can't see them.

My diet sucks and i'm often tired all the time. There are a number of other issues I have to deal with too because of my illness and all there is in the back of my mind is "I wish I hadn't drunk so much"

Not preaching, just a bit of advice from someone who's been there

[Kylie]

to be honest some of the advice on this thread is a tad nuts - binge drinking is bad for you, why do you think it is in the news so much these days.
I know its a bit of a cliche but you dont have to drink to have fun when you are out.
My own opinion is that there are so many better things that you can spend your money on, what is the point of spending 40 quid on something you are going to wee out the next day - or be sick later that night! Sorry to be so crude about it. I remember getting very drunk and very ill when I was 16 and have drunk rarely since.
I think you need to look at the deeper issue of why you are drinking rather than how much you are drinking. Address that then you will be able to address the drinking.
You think you have a problem then that is the first step.

[DaVeyWaVey]

I only drink occasionally at friends parties, i'll have a bottle of alcohol and that's once every few months lol!

Oh my god! I posted this nearly 2 years ago - how much I've changed! I'm drinking/getting drunk every weekend now.

But I am aware of the dangers and I have found my limit so I try and stick to it best I can.

[Perdita]

Have you considered getting advice from Alcoholics Anonymus? My mum was an alcoholic, I used to come home from school and she would be reeling all over the place, dinner was burnt etc. Then I got hit with coat hangers or the dog lead if I upset her somehow, which I would do, whatever I said or did. If you want to end up like that, a bully who can't control yourself, please continue drinking until you are totally bladdered. If not, get help before you are totally addicted, it can be done. And yes, I do drink and sometimes suffer from a hangover, but not every day or every weekend. It is possible to have just one or two glasses of wine at night time or to go without alcohol all together.

[Siobhan]

I only drink occasionally at friends parties, i'll have a bottle of alcohol and that's once every few months lol!

Oh my god! I posted this nearly 2 years ago - how much I've changed! I'm drinking/getting drunk every weekend now.

But I am aware of the dangers and I have found my limit so I try and stick to it best I can.

Davey.. you will go through phase like that.. at 18 I was drinking pints and vodka etc.. but after I was ill all the time and had banging hangovers, I went on to alcho pops... now I don't drink at all and still have fun.. It is all to do with grown up and experimenting and control.. if you are losing control too often or you feel you can't have fun without a drink then maybe you will develop a problem

[Abigail]

I only drink occasionally at friends parties, i'll have a bottle of alcohol and that's once every few months lol!

Oh my god! I posted this nearly 2 years ago - how much I've changed! I'm drinking/getting drunk every weekend now.

But I am aware of the dangers and I have found my limit so I try and stick to it best I can.

You'll get bored of coming home drunk and waking up the next morning not knowing where you are or how you got home eventually.

I had a problem with drink when I was about 15. Every weekend I used to get paralytic to the point where I ended up in hospital several times. It wasn't until I ended up in hospital after drinking two litres of cider and a bottle of vodka that I realised what I was doing. By then it was too late, they kept me in hospital for a while whilst they ran loads of tests, including one for alcoholic hepatitis. My liver was ok thankfully. (And I'm not an alcoholic btw).

I don't drink now. When I do I think its a fab idea to get smashed but seriously regret it the next morning when I can't move for the pain in my kidneys.

[Abbie]

Ive never drink all the time, I only get very drunk at parties that are once every few months, unless its part season