Hepatitis C Support Group

That is counter productive in all actuality.I am sorry to hear this as I have buried five of my friends who did the same as your husband .Lets hope he is not one of those statistics.... Get him to AA if you can , it helped my wife out a bunch....

You certainly can't make your husband stop drinking alcohol but you both must know how serious it is to be drinking while on treatment. I hope he gets rid of this virus but he certainly has not done himself any favors at all by drinking alcohol during treatment. I know alcohol is a hard thing to quit for many people but I still find it hard to believe that anyone would drink while on this horrible treatment and thereby reducing the chance of kicking this horrible virus.

Prior to starting my treatment I drank maybe one glass of wine every 2 weeks and, even at that, my doctor made me sign a contract stating that I would not drink alcohol during treatment or else he would stop my treatment - PERIOD!

Ha captain I'm not a bullshitter at least when it comes to tx. I have had crappy days but overall I can handle the tx. I will say I do have it easier than others and I know some people have serious sides but in my case now I barely have any side that effect my day to day life.

In the beginning tx was the worst flu sides, nausea and lack of appeptite but for me that only lasted only a couple days a week for a couple months.

But I made sure that my body was rid of all alcohol months before I started tx.

And that was my long winded point. lol

Oh yea and robbiesgirl I've learned that someone is only going to stop doing something when their ready. If hes not ready then theres nothing you can do. He sounds like he has a serious alcohol problem. And your a strong person for even coming on here and telling us what you're going through.

AndNicole makes a very valid point about until someone is ready to quit their addiction , no matter what it may be , no matter of yelling, talking or anything will work.I have been there done that first with myself when I was much younger and second with my wife who I hope finally bottomed out and now understands that it takes work to become sober and more importantly stay sober. AA is seeming to help her so far and me I have this knack of wanting to survive so quitting all the crap that I have in my life , alcohol being the last thing I walked away from just made sense to me.I hope you can get your husband some help but , until he is ready stand by his side the best you can as I know how difficult it is to see ones spouse hurt themselves...

i was diagnosed for hepc in 2000, i was not ready to stop drinking at them time and no one could have made me stop either. 5 years later in 2005, i finally gave up the booze for good. 10 months later i started tx.

i just don't understand why he even bothered doing TX

I would not be allowed to do TX if I was drinking at all, one drink, ever.
I know what alcohol does to the liver with hcv. Anybody still drinking is in denial of something or feels hopeless. I hope to support people who want to stop, if I knew how.

sound advice from all

Reading this makes me very angry..How selfish of him!!
I have heard of people that want to go on the TX to have a better life. And they can't because they do not have insurance and they can not afford it. I know alcoholism is a very dark place to be. When I did my tX not a drop...abd trust me...I was a wknd binger would easily drink about 3 wine bottles per night. I sometimes miss it..however when I think of all the side effects and the horrible times I had.. no way. Why bother doing the TX..if he doesn't want to go and get help thru AA. Then u should. Good luck to you.