Hi,
I took my dad for his check up with his consultant
last week and told him about the social workers plan
to reapply for my dads driving license. At least the
Consultant was realistic in the problems he could see
with that process! He asked me how much he was
drinking at the moment...it's at least 2 litres of
vodka and a couple of litres of cider a week which he
then estimated to be about 80 plus units of alcohol
(over three times the recommended rate). I asked if he
would deteriorate quickly if he continued to drink
that amount but continued to eat well (which he seems
to be doing) and take his thiamine. He said he would
deteriorate quite quickly over a period of months. I
don't know why, but that shocked me. I seem to have
lost all perspective on how much is too much (i guess
was comparing to what he used to drink) because I
didn't think, relatively speaking that that was a
lot....
Tried to get him to swap the vodka for cider
today...that didn't work. Anyone got any ideas? I'm
clutching at straws I know
Kaye


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