Can Drinking On Weekends Damage My Liver? Posted: 10-15-07 01:20am
Hello!
I was wondering if this type of drinking
can cause any liver damage. Im 28 years
old and in pretty good condition.
For the last 12 years i was drinking as
follows (just to mention that 90% of times
I get so drunk that I dont remember
everything):
- first 9 years: 2 times per week + more
on holidays
- last 3 years once per week (2 liters/67
ounce of red wine)
In other six days of the week I maybe
dring 3 beers in total (per week).
Just wanted to know if heavy drinking once
per week can cause any damage? Should I
worry?
Thanks!
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Rheinau
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 12
Posted: 10-15-07 06:34am
Any type of binge drinking can hurt you.
Over 5 drinks at one sitting is binge
drinking.
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ziggy29
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Posts: 4
Posted: 10-20-07 21:54pm
Binge drinking once a week probably does
more damage than light to moderate
drinking every day. Two liters of wine is
a LOT of wine. Traditionally a glass of
wine is considered "one drink" at about
4-5 ounces. Thus, two liters of wine is
what, maybe 15 drinks? That's the same as
15 twelve-ounce beers or 15 shots of
whiskey.
The good news is that the liver is pretty
unique in its ability to regenerate
healthy tissue and repair damage; most
internal organs are not capable of that.
So as long as you haven't reached the
stage of hepatitis or cirrhosis, there's a
pretty good chance that if you stop
drinking, the liver could return to
relatively close to normal, especially for
a 28-year-old. Before you reach those
stages, you would often see a stage called
"fatty liver," which is usually reversible
with abstinence.
If you're not capable of stopping after a
couple of drinks, then don't drink at all.
If you are the type who can't easily stop
drinking once they've started, it's often
easier to refuse that first drink than it
is to refuse the third, or the fourth, or
the fifth...
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CarolDiane
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I Agree Posted: 10-20-07 23:48pm
Any drinking above moderation (in some
even in moderation) does damage to the
liver.
