Your body will turn bread into sugar.

exactly!!!

Jesus turned water into wine. You'd think he could've made some beer, vodka or whiskey while he was at it. Just sayin.'

Actually I think turning water into wine was a really good choice. Vodka...less so.

From your post, I can't tell if you finished treatment 6 months ago, or if you have 1.5 weeks left on treatment.

I wouldn't drink ANY alcohol during treatment. NONE. Anything that hurts your liver or weakens your immune system reduces the chances of a successful treatment. And why would you want to do that?

I started drinking a little a few weeks after my treatment was done, but I found that it just makes me tired. I rarely get the buzz that I used to...

bivalve I hit that point years ago. A few cocktails and wine with dinner made for a good time. I was a happy drunk ..lol
About six years ago even one drink just started affecting me different, I'd get quiet and very negative, critical. I did not like the person alcohol made me. I stopped. I think it must be the way the liver processes it and if you have a healthy liver then the potential for a good reaction is there but if your liver is already struggling, then adding another level of burden makes of ran unhappy body and unhappy mind.

My Hepatologist just told me VERY STRONGLY " NO ALCOHOL AT ALL"
Now he meant until 9 months from now......I was really surprised as I do enjoy a glass of wine......

I am stage 2, so this was a surprise - but I guess maybe he is seeing a lot of people overdoing it? Didn't ask as I was surprised at DURATION he just told me.

Don't want this curse back if I do succeed......tough one.....personal choice as we all have to live with our own consequences.....

The last alcoholic beverage I had was in 2005, even then I only had one that year. Wasn't much of a drinker, really. I did have my hanging-out-with-friends weekends, but not enough to be unaware of what I did or said. It was fun, but I don't miss it.

I knew my father was an alcoholic and by witnessing the lifestyle, or lack thereof, he led and by his actions of either being in jail for the weekend or just plain not being available to me on his parental visits, I decided I would never want to be like him. And, I haven't been. I can say that he was always a happy drunk though and it's not like I don't still love him just because he is my dad.

Ironically, abstaining from booze has helped protect my liver nearly a decade before finding out about the virus, however, since I am not "sick ENOUGH", makes me want to reconsider. Not really. I won't. Besides, being in college, having a young child, and HCV (among other things) sick mom as well, is enough stress. Plus, I don't have the money to afford alcohol for it to cause me to be 'sick enough', to then be hit with the sticker shock of the meds. Yes, ultimately the pharm cos would help, but why chance it?

Livers have the word "live" right in them, and that's what I want.

My I.D. doc said the same thing Nosferatu. Well not on tx. I did drink towards the very end though as I mentioned after abstaining for 7 long months. Those were the 7 toughest months of my life. Not the abstinence solely but just all of it. I treated myself at Christmas. I know Jesus wanted me to have some wine though. Then only a glass of champagne at NYE. So I think I had 3 drinks in the last 2.5 weeks. I didn't regret it though but I remain clear. I'm sure the virus was long dead by then anyway.

A friend here told me that they got plastered with friends the last night of their RIBA. What was good for the gander was good for the goose. I never considered myself a problem drinker but I know I drank more last year than any year prior!! See what happens when something is taken away?

I think Oscar Wilde wrote it best in 'The Importance of Being Earnest.'

"It's more fun being a woman. More things are forbidden."

I think if you have very low level liver damage you can squeeze in a little moderation. However, moderation most likely should mean one or two drinks per week