Coping with withdrawal, Living with liver disease

[@silvo-sings]

LD.. stop putting yourself down over the videos..they are great - honestly. It’s just good to see you man.👍 Your upload yesterday was personally of help to me yesterday - the content and your sharing. It’s not a microphone.. or titles.. it’s what you bring to the videos.. and that’s yourself! Take care. “ Silvo”🤗🙏

[@liverdisease-qb6rk]

Thank you so much silvo!!! I really appreciate you saying that my friend! Thank you for being here and I am so glad that teh videos helped!!! God bless❤❤❤

[@EmRozey123]

The one thing that has continued to stick with me and comes up often (from A therapist) is, she said that I was going to have to "Get comfortable with discomfort" and for me that's been key to not picking anything up. I've spent a lifetime trying to not "feel". I can finally say with confidence that I like myself. You're A blessing to us all LD Sidenote: my new addiction is Black Cherry Sparkling water..lol Love it!

[@Kristen10-22]

She sounds familiar… Mine would tell me “if you are comfortable you aren’t growing. Among many others. Hugs 🥰 Kristen

[@EmRozey123]

​@@Kristen10-22Absolutely!!! Hugs to you, hon♥️🫂

[@Kristen10-22]

@@EmRozey123 hugs right back 🫶🏻

[@Kristen10-22]

@@lemarbruun5817 oh & how we hate feeling discomfort 🫶🏻🙏🏻

[@EmRozey123]

@@lemarbruun5817 You're very welcome. It keeps me on my toes for sure!😉🫂❤️

[@85jongo]

2 years is great man. Congrats sir.

[@liverdisease-qb6rk]

Thank you so much 85jongo!!! I really appreciate you!!! God bless❤❤❤❤❤

[@MonaYY_Rig]

Oh LD you’re a perfectionist! And so am I so I understand your dedication. I feel so blessed to know you and the wonderful folks in this community. Your growth is fantastic I’m so proud of you. I admire you. I’m much too shy and hate public speaking. Ty for always giving us all the love and honesty straight from your heart 💚💚💚💚💚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟🌟💪🏻💪🏻🤟

[@liverdisease-qb6rk]

Hey mona! You are so sweet! You really are! I am so blessed to know you and I am so thankful as well. It's hard to find such genuinely nice people in this world and I am so happy to know you! I admire you for your willingness to go to work everyday to help others in need, there is no way I could do that job. I don't like blood or anything else like that and I could never do it. Thank you for being you!!!! God bless❤❤❤❤❤

[@andysav72]

Hi man, after 3 weeks i caved in and drank 7 cans of beer on Saturday night......Thought i was doing well with the 3 weeks too. Felt dog rough all day Sunday. Take care man....Love from Liverpool x

[@jeanwixted2058]

Praying for you 🙏🙏

[@judithnicholais1492]

Great explanations & suggestions LD --- Nice insights too; clarity may indeed come with sobriety --- Thank you.

[@deborahdavis8769]

The hallucinating is really a scary situation. You are in it, and it's REAL.

[@liverdisease-qb6rk]

It really is Deborah! Thank you for watching! God bless ❤❤❤❤

[@drintx5734]

I love your videos, LD. You are a hero for baring your heart to help people, for allowing your see to be vulnerable.

[@monsieurkarl]

Thank you, just thank you. You're a good person, much love man

[@thatpointinlife]

GABA can help. It's a supplement you can buy at any vitamin store, Whole Foods, or online. It's the neurotransmitter essential amino acid that alcohol releases en masse when we drink alcohol that makes us feel relaxed and calm. Regular alcohol consumption depletes the GABA in our brains, so taking it supplementally can help restore it and lessen the severity of alcohol withdrawals. Also, a good quality B vitamin complex is always a good idea for alcohol abusers, and can help calm the nerves. Tylenol/acetaminophen is highly hepatotoxic (liver poison). Ibuprofen is safer, while aspirin is probably the least harmful to your liver.

[@Mmoose712]

Thanks for sharing, I'm going to research the gaba

[@ericar2856]

I am so impressed that continue to upload these videos even though you have no power. I am always comforted by your presentation and what you talk about. Thank you for responding to my message and your support also. I have not seen anyone else dong this. I do not know if many of the youtubers even read the comments or not.

[@RedSmirk54]

I liked hearing the animals and such no worries on the audio

[@liverdisease-qb6rk]

😊😊😊😊😊 thank you redsmirk!!! We have plenty of them! And we just got 3 new little baby kittens. They were abandoned after the storm. God bless❤❤❤❤

[@davidlafond8327]

Withdrawal is no fun at all! I've been hospitalized for acute alcohol withdrawal a few times, and once for delirium tremens, and it is absolutely terrifying! I don't ever want to relive that experience, but toward the end of my drinking "career", I wasn't drinking for fun anymore, I was drinking to avoid withdrawal. The first time it happened to me, I had no idea how dangerous it was or that it could be life threatening. Lesson learned! Also, I hated benzos! I only took them because the doctor put me on them for the withdrawal. They just made me feel like a zombie, and I've heard from others that benzo withdrawal can be as bad as alcohol withdrawal! Now as for anxiety and sleep issues, they have improved a lot since I quit drinking, I sleep so much better these days! One last thing I'd like to add is the importance of Vitamin B1 (thiamine) while in recovery. Alcohol depletes our bodies of this vitamin so taking a b1 supplement is crucial. I take a 100 mg tablet every single day with my breakfast. Thanks, LD!! ❤

[@davidlafond8327]

@@lemarbruun5817 Thanks Lemar, same to you! ❤️

[@yvonneshaub6111]

@davidlafond8327 Hi David, my new thing is vitamin water, the xxx pomegranite. I know it does have some sugars, so I drink it over ice to dilute a little, but I do feel better with the B vitamins that are in it.

[@davidlafond8327]

@@yvonneshaub6111 That’s interesting, Yvonne! I’ve been curious about vitamin water, but have never had it before! I’ll have to give it a try! Those b vitamins are very important, especially b1 for alcoholics! Hope you’re having a great day! 🤗

[@liverdisease-qb6rk]

Hey David!!!! Hope you are having a great day!!! Thank you for sharing this!!! Wds are super scary. And especially when the dts set in. I'm sorry that you went through that man. I am right there with you.... I have never liked the way that benzos feel one bit. I am the exact same, they make me feel like a zombie as well and I don't like that feeling. I don't even remember a whole week while on librium I think it was. My wife said I was slurring my words and all that. Thanks again my friend! Have you posted any new videos lately? God bless❤❤❤❤

[@davidlafond8327]

@@liverdisease-qb6rk Thanks, LD! I’m doing well! Yeah benzos suck, I took Librium and Ativan during withdrawal. They helped with the hallucinations and stuff, but they just left me feeling blah too! Never again! I’ve been pretty busy with a lot of stuff here lately, but I’m working on some new material and hope to post a new video this weekend, we’ll see! Take care, brother! ❤️

[@truthseeker6370]

Thank you so much for this information and your tips

[@joanthomas1755]

I detoxed in rehab and hardly remember any of it - they kept us on pretty heavy duty doses of Ativan.

[@ShadesOClarity]

Man. That was something that I always feared yet still dared to mess with. Almost like a guy knowing it's a bad idea to poke a chained up bear with a stick and knowing there are a few weak links in the chain. Every time. And then BLAM! Off to detox I go. I hope to God it's over.

[@littlesherm]

There have been a few times ive needed to go to the VA to get help with detoxing. Even though its embarrassing, its crucial! It can be very difficult and sometimes impossible to remain sober without help from the doctor.

[@thatpointinlife]

I didn't think yesterday's video had bad audio, but I kept wondering why there were babies crying outside my apartment while I was watching, and then I realized it was goats going off in the background of wherever you were filming at. 😅 🐐

[@MonaYY_Rig]

Yea I heard them too !

[@CMoore8539]

I heard that too. Beautiful farm animals!’❤

[@liverdisease-qb6rk]

Hahahaha!!!!! Yeah, my wife was feeding while I was filming. They are so loud!!!!! They cry and cry to get their food. You should hear the pigs when it's feeding time.... it drives me crazy. Sounds like they are dying or something! God bless ❤❤❤❤

[@SteveHarwoodTV]

LD, I ended up in hospital for 2 weeks, The medical detox was worst experience of my life. The muscles in the back of my legs popping out, tremours, could not talk properly. It was dreadful. I thought i was dying. I would not wish it on anyone. PEOPLE ITS NOT WORTH IT. LISTEN TO LD

[@yvonneshaub6111]

Hey Ld, I've never been a good sleeper, which may be a reason for some of the drinking. So when i dont drink, Im lucky that I sleep 5 hours most. I did get some chamomile tea that im looking forward to trying tonight. So I'll let you know how it works. Great to see you doing better, you sound a little more like your self. Great video LD, God Bless!

[@southerngirl1408]

Try chamomile tea extract, it’s stronger and works better for sleep. You may have to take a little more than the directions say or more than one time a night. It’s not addicting

[@CMoore8539]

I’m the same way. I’d feel totally blessed if I could sleep 5 hours straight but that doesn’t usually happen for me. I’m working on it too.

[@dianehodge2011]

Thanks for the info! I got through it on my own somehow... and saw some shadow people, and spiders!!! But I have always had night terrors so just chalked it up to that. ❤

[@TeresaSeymour-mi4xr]

Please don't be concerned about the quality of your videos. It doesn't matter. You help a lot of people and we appreciate that

[@liverdisease-qb6rk]

Thank you so much teresa!!!! I appreciate you more than you will ever know!!!! God bless ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Redsnapper123]

Good video

[@liverdisease-qb6rk]

Thank you redsnapper!!!! Hope you have been doing well!!! God bless❤❤❤❤

[@Laura-hk4th]

Take extra special care of Yourself LD!!!

[@liverdisease-qb6rk]

Thank you laura!!! I will do for sure!!! You do the same!!! God bless❤❤❤❤

[@julesmbc]

Perfrct timing, thank you. Great video. All the parallels remind me of that, (especially the anxiety), l'm not alone. The fasting time for an upcoming scan this week, has me terrified... Already rescheduled once, and keep reminding myself, that some people don't have proper withdrawal meds, and support. I'm truly blessed.

[@kathrynminnick8986]

Good luck on your scan!!

[@julesmbc]

​@kathrynminnick8986 Thank you, I made it though!

[@kathrynminnick8986]

@@julesmbc Congratulations!

[@kathrynminnick8986]

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[@artsigur3612]

Hang in there LD!

[@joanthomas1755]

❤❤

[@belindalocklear509]

Praying

[@Onelethalangel69]

Praying with you❤

[@InimicusSolitus]

My brother-in-law's wife just got rushed into hospital yesterday with organ failure. Her liver is dying, and also kidney failure. She has been a drinker for years. She is now on life support in her 50's.

[@kathrynminnick8986]

That is such unfortunate news. It’s also a reminder that health can collapse quickly. People may be able to ignore symptoms for a long while, but then the situation suddenly snowballs. Wishing the family strength in this terrible time.

[@Peter-l2s3o]

I would love to walk but i can not because i have copd . Greetings from the Netherlands 😊

[@Mmoose712]

Prayers Peter! When my COPD kicks in bad, I get out of breath walking a few feet. Right now I'm on an inhaler (breztri). It really helps. I can go to work and do normal daily stuff. It's expensive but my doctor gave me a coupon thing from the company where I get it for free for a year

[@lynnemerrell5137]

I am still trying to get more than a few hours of sleep in a row… I get up and stretch, do a chore and remain calm .. I tend to get riled up easily and it leads stress

[@truthseeker6370]

Baclofen is available by prescription. My doctor prescribed this for me.

[@a.amanning7631]

I love u so much .❤

[@pyenygren2299]

11:33 Doctors and nurses are _educated to help their patents_ getting sober. *They have seen it all.*

[@Kristen10-22]

My fav tea is passionflower YUM! STAY AWAY FROM KRATOM!!!

[@Kristen10-22]

@@DownHom3 I’ve never tried it Just see it plastered everywhere in ! Houston. People say it helps with opiate withdrawal.. Just another addiction

[@penny7537]

❤❤❤❤

[@Aotearoa.]

❤

[@deborahdavis8769]

Heyyy im just getting on here. Running late..

[@reganjacklin]

You really know your stuff. It's cool how the worse and more selfish you live, the more life/God seems to give you an opportunity to impact countless lives as your turn your own around. Nobody's going to listen to someone who drank twice per week the same way we listen to you.

[@CraigFox-lt6lt]

Off topic: But can I ask you LD and community a question? You mentioned being careful to not "overstay your welcome " at Sammy's. I'm REALLY BAD at this - - is try to leave respectfully early, and the host says "why are you leaving early?" - - - I stay too long and miss the signals that they want you to go. I hear about it a few days or weeks later. How does one find that delicate middle ground, and leave at a comfortable time ???

[@Onelethalangel69]

Just ask. Just ask questions for example, " What time would you like to________".

[@bradleyfowler8543]

Going cold Turkey now 4 days in no excuses for me live Aussie outback couldn't get into doctor until 6 November stuff that live on sapphire mining claim digging a tunnel everyday under ground every night watch old mate here and a heap of other people I asked for help from family and going well I will win thanks for your help old mate don't talk to people for days on end you never alone with the web😅

[@CMoore8539]

Take good care of you.💞🙏

[@petershults8395]

Hangovers are terrible, one good reason to quit drinking 😊

[@apriltippins198]

I cannot go through withdrawal with horrific symptoms. I have weaned down, but the withdrawals plus the PAWS.

[@KennethNordin]

All respect to you and your omission videos! May I ask, what are the symptoms to watch out for if the liver is not feeling well? I drank beer in between in the middle of 2021 until 2023-09-27 when I fell and broke my leg and my alcohol consumption came to the care. From the beginning I drank beer (3.5% alk percent) once every week, then it became several times a week and in the last three months I drank upwards of 22 beers per day. So a year later I have been helped with CBT therapy (CRA included), and have had individual conversations now with a good therapist for 4 months, but have had some minor relapses. Next Monday I will start in group discussions, which I am looking forward to. There will then be two group calls per week and one individual call each week. The group talks last three months, and the entire treatment a total of 12 months, but you can get "booster therapy" if needed. I have since received help with medication for my mental illness. Was very happy last time they took samples and said all were fine including the liver tests. But has occasional paralyzing anxiety. Be well and thanks for that great channel!

[@kathrynminnick8986]

LD has put out about several videos on symptoms of cirrhosis/liver trouble. Go to his channel and press “videos” then press “oldest.” Then scroll through all the videos. The full title of each video is visible. You will be able to find all the videos related to liver or cirrhosis symptoms. Like I said, there are several. Good luck!

[@Redsnapper123]

22:56 a brand called Ali?

[@kathrynminnick8986]

It’s spelled Olly.

[@Redsnapper123]

@@kathrynminnick8986 thanks!

[@Slayer-7373]

I’ve heard of these but never tried them.

[@Deuce_Dufresne]

Naltrexone can help.

[@gmoneynyc8842]

I relapsed I’m don’t want to do this anymore

[@apriltippins198]

I'm nearing your situation. Could you please tell me who your Dr's have been at USMC? I'm in Savamnah and close enough to travel there. I'm sorry, I understand. I can't go through the withdrawal without tremendous symptoms.

[@ReaganWhitfield]

I have been injecting meth for 22 years, must have liver cirrhosis by now, but haven't got the symptoms yet

[@OrangeGrove55]

Is it possible to have alcohol withdrawal symptoms for months?

[@KaraLey98]

At least the alcohol half-life is so short that your sickness is not going to be as long as for instance, another substance which has a super long half-life so then you’ve got weeks when you’re sick like that. It’s really tough no matter with thing you’re quitting though! I think alcohol half-life might only be a few hours right?

[@KaraLey98]

I mean, definitely you’re going to be sick longer than the length of the half-life but at least there’s an end to it..whew!

[@LeonardM-s5i]

I had forgotten what real energy felt like, yeah, it’s been over 2 years and I don’t crave the stuff anymore, surprisingly I didn’t suffer withdrawal and that was key, not even within the first days after go’ogling Steffon Barkload’s latest and quitting because I wanted to with no pressure or anything.

[@AndrewCrighton-p3d]

I really like your content. It really helps. You repeat yourself a bit? 🤔 Not being nasty. Keep safe.

[@kathrynminnick8986]

Dude, If you like the content, just say you like it and stop there. Don’t add a little zinger of criticism and try to pretend it’s not criticism. LD donates loads of his time to help people like you (and me). Be gracious!

[@AndrewCrighton-p3d]

@@kathrynminnick8986 I understand 😔

[@malcolmking3042]

Can we all agree that DTs aren’t a big deal? I honestly don’t mind seeing the shadow people

[@peteflint7281]

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