Just a few months in the past I ran throughout a considerate article by Morris van de Camp entitled Love Ingesting Much less. It is nicely price a learn in case your alcohol consumption is uncontrolled or heading that method.

Alcohol is a two-edged sword. On the one hand it makes life enjoyable and turns strangers into intimate buddies in the midst of a night; on the opposite, it makes an individual dysfunctional. Very dysfunctional. Productive time is misplaced, relationships are broken, and well being is harmed.

I can’t say that I’ve “struggled” with alcohol within the truest sense. I’ve by no means been arrested for drunk driving, and I’ve had no severe relationship hassle from ingesting. All of my ingesting has been in an applicable time and place — however one drink will inevitably result in one other. I might wind up by accident drunk after I actually wished a light-weight buzz. I additionally discovered that when the time got here up after I’d be free to drink, I regarded a bit an excessive amount of ahead to it.

When you’re a tippler, that is the time of 12 months to think about a “Dry January.” You might be taught one thing about your self. Be variety to your liver — you solely have one.

Steve Parker, M.D

PS: It is also time to resolve in your weight reduction program for the brand new 12 months.