re: A guy told me that before he stopped drinking, he was killing a fifth of Jack a day.

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used to drink a 12 pack of bud light every night like it was nothing.

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How much weight did you lose when you quit?

I am 51. I drank almost every day from my late 20s until 2017. I tried to stop for 2 decades. The last few years I drank from sunup to sundown. I drank everything but mainly I drank wine. In the end I had alcohol induced hepatitis and my liver was not good but just short of cirrhosis. Once scarring occurs the damage is done. However the liver is a very resilient organ. I was lucky and I suspect if I’d have drank more bourbon I’d have done irreparable damage. That said a fifth a day is not shocking for some. I’ve seen some worse.