A friend of mine has been drinking excessively for a few years, both hard alcohol and beer, and recently for the past month, she has been having stomache aches and especially after meals and drinking. Every day pretty much after a meal she needs to go to the bathroom, and it has definitely someting to do with her stomache/intestinse or liver, she refuses to go to the hospital but i am trying to make her, but I am wondering if the MDs/patients on this page could help me out and see what the problem MIGHT be, she does not have blood in the stool but she is losing weight and the stomache aches do not stop. She has to drink because it is part of her job, but could it be stomache ulcers, because I feel that is the most likely, if it is, what could help relieve these symptoms? she does not vomit or show many other symptoms, but could it just be damage to the stomache? Thanks!!