Cutting Down Alcohol Thread

GlendaSugarbean

Well done for resisting temptation Maggie.

Loveasale: a blip is just that. Zero to 2 bottles is a big jump though, no wonder you were feeling a bit rough.

Spoiler: cancer related stats below. Don't read on if you'd prefer not.

One of the reasons I'm now mostly AF is my crappy genetic history when it comes to hormonal cancers like breast cancer - some rather scary stats from Cancer Research UK here (of course this is relative risk and there are many other risk factors that we all manage day to day, I'm not trying to scare anyone into giving up or cutting down). It's also a kick up the bum for me to carry on exercising and losing a bit of weight - post-menopausal breast/ovarian cancer tends to get the women in my family in our mid-60s and being overweight is a big risk factor as well. I'd rather like to buck the trend and get to 70, unlike my mother and grandmother.

[url]https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2017/05/25/alcohol-and-breast-cancer-how-big-is-the-risk/[/url]

GlendaSugarbean

Link doesn't work - this one may!

https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2017/05/25/alcohol-and-breast-cancer-how-big-is-the-risk/

cathybird

Morning all, 5/21 for me today please

Honey_Bear

GlendaSugarbean wrote: »

Link doesn't work - this one may!

https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2017/05/25/alcohol-and-breast-cancer-how-big-is-the-risk/

A few years ago I heard a programme about how closely linked breast cancer, in particular, was with alcohol consumption. I'd never known that, and as it was during my heaviest drinking days it shook me to the core. I can't say it was a huge factor in my decision to stop, but once I knew about it, it definitely affected my thinking and when the time came that I stopped it was in my mind. I haven't got time to read it all right now, but I will over the next few days. Thanks for posting it, Glenda Sugar Bean.

5/31 please, Shaggy.

sukeyboo

2/12 for today please Shaggy

cathybird

GlendaSugarbean wrote: »

One of the reasons I'm now mostly AF is my crappy genetic history when it comes to hormonal cancers like breast cancer - some rather scary stats from Cancer Research UK here (of course this is relative risk and there are many other risk factors that we all manage day to day, I'm not trying to scare anyone into giving up or cutting down). It's also a kick up the bum for me to carry on exercising and losing a bit of weight - post-menopausal breast/ovarian cancer tends to get the women in my family in our mid-60s and being overweight is a big risk factor as well. I'd rather like to buck the trend and get to 70, unlike my mother and grandmother.

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I read this with interest, thanks Glenda. There's really no history of breast cancer in my family that I know of but my mother died at 59 of liver cancer, which her mother also died of. Supposedly there's no genetic link and in fact my mother really didn't drink - if it was brought on by anything particular with her it was her heavy daily use of prescription meds for various ailments. Even so, that freaks me out enough for me to want to be healthy and it's one of the reasons I went AF - like you, I'd rather get to 70 at least!

When I was in Australia last month I had lunch with a friend who works for the Heart Foundation there and she said there's a big and mysterious "bump" in mortalities between 55 and 60 - lots of people die then, and if you can get past that age you've got a good chance of living another 20 years (she said). It's interesting, because three of my work colleagues have had heart attacks in the past nine months, two (both in that age group) fatal, and in one of the fatal cases it was linked to his heavy drinking (we were told). (Though he also smoked for most of his life, which I'm sure didn't help). Anyway, it's freaked out one of my other colleagues so much that he's now trying to cut back on alcohol (which is good, because he drinks too much). The long and the short of it is that if these sorts of statistics scare people into doing something positive for their health, then it's all good! It's better to know these things.

maman

If you could go to the supermarket and not even think of going down the wine aisle Maggie, that's quite an achievement.:T One of the hardest things I found was when the thought of how good it would be to have a drink later gets into your head. I've never been much of a daytime drinker but that feeling of no reward/nothing to look forward to was hard.:)


2/10 AFDs please Shaggy and 2 for the SNC.

Barny1979

5/26 AFDs today

maggiem

Thanks Maman - could be total brain freeze though! My few remaining brain cells arestruggling at the moment - definitely can't afford to lose any more.
4/20 and 3SNC

Poor_Single_lady

3/21

Thank you.