Saying No to Alcohol

Hi Readers,

You may or may not know that I received surprising results from my health checkup in Taiwan this summer. I knew that something was probably wrong when my doctor kept saying "huh?" when he was looking at the sonograph of my belly region.

Basically, I have a tumor in my liver. To be more specific, there are 3 tumors.

These developed over the span of a year, as they were not there when I had my health checkup a year ago. Quite scary! Although he informed me that it's rare for tumors in the liver to turn malign, he did give me one piece of advice:

Stop Drinking.

I think I'll take his advice. But as I've found out already, it's easier said than done. I feel like it's going to hinder my ability to be social, or to go out with friends. Last night already, I broke the rule and had 2 beers (which I consider to be a very low number). Granted, I don't think that'll do any harm, but it was almost an impulse to drink. I'm not sure why, but a mere 2 years after getting drunk for the first time, the alcohol culture has already become so ingrained in myself that it's going to be very hard to stop.

But I must, for my health. So from this point on, I begin the quest to discover the key to saying no to alcohol!

-FCDH