by John
(Sweden)
My friend is 56 years old, and he has been drinking six pints of beer (almost like a medication regimen) every day since his mother died. He was thirteen at the time, so it's 43 years of drinking... He's developed a slight liver problem, so now he says he's going to quit drinking. I am worrying there might be delirium tremens, seizures and the like if he stops cold turkey. Shouldn't he taper down instead? Would cutting out one beer per day per week (then it would take six weeks to take him to zero beers a day) be a reasonably safe option? He's the most stubborn man I've ever met and he has made up his mind to stop drinking without seeing a doctor etc...I worry he will go cold turkey and develop serious problems as a result...I may be able to convince him to taper down, but I won't be able to get him to join an organized program...
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