His liver is damaged, will it mend itself if he stops drinking now? Myself, his older brother and his now ex girlfriend all tried to get him off the drink but he doesn't listen!! He has to have more bloods and a scan? How can we help him before he kills himself?
2006-11-14 09:04:08 · 24 answers · asked by RUTH M 3 in Health ➔ Men's Health
Thanks for your support guys. As for going to docs(they actually told me there is funding for "DRUG" related problems but not for alcohol related probs!!), AA, etc beleive me we've tried the lot, social services, school counsellors, I spent as much time at his school as he did! Youth offending team, necca. Plus trying to work full time and trying to keep a home, pay a mortgage, look after my grandson who I was often left holding for up to two weeks at a time, he's now four. I resent the answers: bad mouthing me as a dummy, bad mother, bad parenting, they obviously haven't got a clue!!!?
2006-11-14 21:01:03 · update #1
The liver can repair itself to a certain extent but your son will have to stop the booze. I feel for you because it's out of your hands, you obviously love your son very much and if anyone says anything about why was he drinking at age 14 then all I can say is wait till they have kids or live in an area where there is so much peer pressure for kids to drink, it's unbelievable. Personally I blame the government for alcho pops and the bombardment of them. Yes we had drinks underage but the lager tasted so bitter we had to drink it with blackcurrant, after a few of them and throwing up we soon calmed down but today is different. I really really do wish you luck and perhaps support from your GP, hopefully your son will realise the seriousness of it.
2006-11-14 13:00:21 · answer #1 · answered by reggie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He will not quite drinking unless HE wants to stop drinking. No one can make an alcoholic stop drinking. As for his liver he most likely has some permanent damage from all of his drinking. Only a doctor will be able to tell you what his prognosis is after they finish all of his of his tests. You son will likely have other permanent problems as a result of his alcoholism. You need to consider joining AL-Anon or some other organization so you can learn how to deal with all of this. Also be sure that you don't have Tylenol aka acetominophen where you son can take it for headaches or whatever as this is very hard on the liver and should not be used as a pain medicine for someone who drinks or has liver damage. My best wishes that all of his tests don't show to much permanent damage.
2006-11-14 09:11:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
in answer to your first question ... Yes the liver is the only organ in the body that can self generate,.... mend itself. but you have to give it time too!!.... he needs to come off the drink for good...... or like you say, theres one place and one place only that he's going, and he's drinking his way there fast!
as a family you need to be supportive of him, which i can image can be difficult at times. He needs to admit that there's a problem first, you telling him won't work...he needs to realise this himself. Once he does this then he'll be in the right mind set to attempt rehab.
It's positive that he's gone for these tests so he might be coming round to the notion that he may have a problem.
i wish you all the very best
2006-11-14 19:52:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is he living with you? Are you giving him money to pay bills, rent, etc? Anything that you are helping him with......STOP. No more. You can't make him stop drinking. He's an adult now. But you do NOT help him with money or a place to live. No way. Tell him if he wants to stop, you will help him get into a detox/rehab, but no other help. Enabling him is the worst thing you could do.
Other than that....there is nothing you can do for him. For YOU? Please go to Al-Anon. It's for family members/friends of alcoholics (and that IS what your son is). To find the closest meeting:
http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/
2006-11-14 09:11:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
constructive. Get ripped. visit lots of off-limits strip bars. Thumb your nostril on the MPs or close by Gen d'arm. awaken Monday morning in an impressive, warmth stockade, without money, no rank, a message to go back see the first Sergeant, and a touch some thing, some days later, to remember the Stripper through. Kidding. Congratulations on your promotion. thanks on your provider.
2016-11-24 19:47:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should have been a parent when he was 14 and put a stop to it. You can still be a parent, and if you don't intervene, he may well die while young. Livers will heal somewhat, but excessive alcohol intake can do permanent damage over time, and liver failure is fatal.
2006-11-14 14:30:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can't stop an adult from drinking unless he wants to stop. Yes his liver will recoup if he stops. If he doesn't, he will have liver failure eventually. Why not heal yourselves? Get to an Al-non meeting on dealing with an alcoholic. Even if he stops, he's always going to have to deal with the demon. Get some professional for yourself if he won't go. Godloveya.
2006-11-14 09:35:54 · answer #7 · answered by Sassy OLD Broad 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Liver is remarkable organ , it can regenerate quickly and recover back but it all depends what kind of injury it sustained, If it's cirrhosis then less likely, but get ultrasound scan, all the best
2006-11-14 09:14:15 · answer #8 · answered by channi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pray and try advice him. give him moral support and always be with him. if he been drinking always it difficult to stop immediately. it need alot of effort to make a person stop. another advise is that after drinking, try to give him drink alot water or juice like orange or cranberrie. it will helps to recovery the liver and kidney becoz after drinking our body dehidrated and need plenty of water to replace our body. if the organ does not haf enought water it will damage to a organ. but water the best.
2006-11-14 17:55:37 · answer #9 · answered by cooomas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
encourage and help him to a point but he needs to want to stop himself and only himself . then a whole new life will open up for him one he didnt know existed , i stopped drinking two years ago the best and hardest thing i have ever done ,good luck to ye all and take it EASY
2006-11-14 09:59:23 · answer #10 · answered by boxer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋