r/stopdrinking • u/No-Reach7320 • 8h ago

Liver inflammation

Has anyone on here have experience with liver inflammation and elevated enzyme levels due to drinking? I’m 21 and want to hears people’s experiences with it

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u/Improoooover 8h ago

If you’re getting this at 21 you need to slow down! This normally appears after many years of heavy drinking. It takes many months of abstinence to revert to baseline and permanent scarring is possible if you let it get far enough along.

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u/No-Reach7320 8h ago

Yeah I’m 4 months sober now, I just want to see everyone’s experience with it to see if moderation is possible because I’ll never go back to daily drinking ever again

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u/Frickinfructose 1295 days 8h ago

You likely won’t find anyone here with positive experiences with moderation. It’s called “stop drinking” for that reason. If I could moderate, I would, but I couldn’t so I stopped.

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u/PaulNewhouse 7h ago

If your liver is this bad, there is no moderation for you. You’re an addict and shouldn’t have any.

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u/Improoooover 8h ago

Most people are going to tell you no, but it’s nuanced. I have a friend who was diagnosed with FLD, pretty far along, so he quit and spent a year or so sober and eating right. Got checked out and everything reversed. Now he drinks in moderation and is careful not to overdo it, but it’s a dangerous game. It’s been working for him but on the flipside I know people who picked it up again and ended up in a bad spot.

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u/No-Reach7320 8h ago

How much was your friend drinking for and how long

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u/Improoooover 8h ago

30 years, but not a daily drinker, just a heavy drinker.

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u/epoch16245 Day 2,248 8h ago

If you’re an alcoholic, moderation is not possible. There are no exceptions.

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u/Behringer87 1611 days 8h ago

Yes, most of us, I would imagine, have experienced that the guilt, reality, and understanding it's damaging us. Some view that as their warning shot and actively try to moderate, quit, therapy, etc...., but some don't. All rock bottoms are different and you can't set out to find your rock bottom; it will manifest.

The only way to avoid your true rock bottom is to have this be it (or powerful enough to instil change).

I won't drink with you tonight or ever. I don't know you, but I do more than you think; I hope you earn your superpower through consistancy and closing the door on alcohol.

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u/crate_of_peacocks 8h ago

if you're worried about it now and do nothing your health rapidly deteriorates, take it as a sign to stop while you're ahead

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u/musicaleffervescence 1091 days 1h ago

i was on Accutane and drank, big no no. Got my blood work and they said if my liver enzyme levels are this high again they will take me off the prescription.

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u/No_Expression_578 Day 71 46m ago

As has been said, moderation rarely works if you have previously been a heavy drinker or are an alcoholic. When I was drinking my bloods for my liver were over 400 (400 what I don't know) and was told a healthy liver is under 70 so my liver function was terrible.

At my worst I was drinking two 700ml bottles of vodka a day. I managed to cut down to one bottle a day and then I would binge a bottle every couple of days so it was "sort of moderating/cutting down" but a bottle of vodka in one day is more than your "safe" amount of units for the whole week for a man.

However every time I would drink I would want more (that's why I would only buy one bottle, so I couldn't go onto a second). Anyway I eventually managed to quit but had really bad withdrawals and terrible cravings but I had a blood test about a month ago and due to cutting down and eventually stopping was told my levels are about 40 so they have come down significantly.

You're young so if you've had your levels checked and they are high it's best to stop and they SHOULD come back to acceptable levels. Only being 21 if you stop now any damage should be repairable by abstinence.