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Not everyone is aware of how hard that can be or how important for ones recovery.
Thanks for sharing.

I'm learning what situations to avoid. Eventually, I hope I'm comfortable all the time. But I'm still skipping events that I'm uncomfortable at. And my wife is very understanding.

it was a "bug" I caught on a cross country flight I had just taken. That was on Halloween. Saw my gastro doc the next week and he ordered up a blood test. The blood test said my liver enzymes would rise when I drank any alcohol and went down when I didn't. If I didn't stop, he warned, it could lead to cirhossis, which killed my beloved sister in law. That was enough for me!

I missed my 5 pm glass of white wine, a kind of ritual my hubby and I had every day, and he decided to stop, too, in order to support me.

It's been great! No intestinal upsets. I feel better. I am eating better. I have gained back the weight I lost (this "has to happen" doc said). My clothes fit better.

I hear you with your strategies. My strategy is to remember those awful intestinal issues. As my hubby said "Your liver worked fine until it didn't." That's about the size of it...

It sure ain't easy. Be very proud and keep it up!

marinated a leg of lamb (new recipe--loads of garlic, red wine, oregano, rosemary, lemon juice and evoo), and made Roasted Red Pepper Hummus (which is better the next day and not Greek but everyone likes it). This morning I made Spanakopita, and the lamb and potatoes are in the oven as I type.

Upon re-reading, allow me to say congratulations for abstaining.

Keep up the resistance, it will get better.

So long as you keep in mind that you can show others how they can do similar. Makes sense?

Good for you, bif. Well done.

no wine better that wine will get you thru times of no lamb!

Congrats on making it thru that day bif.

Keep on Keep in on!