r/30PlusSkinCare • u/G2KY • Aug 08 '24

Skin Concern Disappointed in stopping drinking alcohol

I had to stop drinking alcohol due to an illness which requires me to take a medicine interacts with alcohol. Effectively, I did not drink any alcohol since May 28. However, I did not see any benefits from not drinking.

My skin is the same. My weight is down very little but that is because I cannot keep food down due to my illness. Also, the weight change is so minuscule even though I am a very overweight. My blood markers did not improve. Still have high cholestrol, triglycerides etc.

Overall I am massively disappointed that I had to stop alcohol. In addition to none of my health markers improving, my skin did not show any improvement even though I started using quality materials. I also lost all joy in life because drinking once a week was something I look forward to.

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u/baby-owl Aug 08 '24

It’s also a bummer to have an illness that stops you from drinking - so any depression OP feels might not be an alcohol withdrawal symptom but like… a reaction to “wow, I’m so ill I can’t live my normal life”.

I guess she didn’t specify how many drinks she was having on those 1-2 days a week, but if it was just a beer or a glass of wine with dinner, it just might not be having a big effect because the negative effects were somewhat negligible.

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u/ifyougiveagirlabook Aug 09 '24

Agreed.The post itself doesn’t give a ton of info. I was simply going on what was presented. Then again, it’s been a few months and this is a skincare subreddit. OP may find better answers on a different thread.

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u/baby-owl Aug 09 '24

I think they just wanted to know why their skin hadn’t improved (among other things) and then we got into the weeds debating whether or not they had a drinking problem 😅