When is the last time you had a drink?

[FingHb]

I know alcohol is a strict NO! for chronic hb ers like us.  Has anybody took one drink over the years?  I am pretty new to this so I am doing my best, but can one drink/beer really hurt us that badly?  Any thoughts?  

[DMach921]

I have one drink a year on my wedding anniversary. I was diagnosed in June 2013. I had a liver biopsy done July of 2015. 0 fibrosis score.
I have had Hep since birth but only found out when I did. I take good care of myself and what I put in my body.. My doc said 1 drink a year is fine. Everyone is different based on their set of circumstances.

[FingHb]

Drinking lots of soda and eating fast food, which comes with soda, and being inactive will create fatty liver.  Becareful of soda, which can make you flabby or gain bad weight

[needadvicewithhep]

But if your serious about creating the best chance of SVR then totally abstain from drinking!

[nicolefor]

To Ram1982:  Yes you can drink moderately , no problem with that .

[hepbcurepls]

found out hep b in 98. i was 20 years old, before that drank occasionally even though underage. didnt really care young and dumb and drank occasionally until age 32. started getting really into drinking for about 2 year , 3x's a week roughly 6 to 12 beers a day and hard liquor. snapped out of it started feeling like **** and reality set in that i am a hep b carrier, since then no more alcohol. smoked from age 13 to 32 also. hey im chinese....gambling drinking and smoking pretty much part of the culture ! hard to drink and not smoke so better quit em all. now age 37 no more drinking or smking and life feels much better.

[Nmarius]

Last serious drink i had was in June 2015.before i found about my hepb. The only cup was on the 31.dec just a little of shampagne. Even my F3 i am waiting now for my entecavir to be accepted.
It.s hard...but it.s needed. Good luck!

[needadvicewithhep]

In my opinion alcohol is like cryptonite to anyone with any type of hepatitis I DONT touch it. Thats just madness no coke or pepsi either.

I cant see how alcohol would "take the edge off"  its a depressant anyway.

I havent had a drink in 12 years and I dont miss it one bit.

Being my bodys best friend takes the edge off it for me.

Going for a run or doing a workout gives an endorphine release with the feel good factor

Dont mean to sound preachy its just my opinion

[Ram1982]

Can we drink Pepsi or Coke? I drink them regularly.

[FingHb]

I really want to drink a cold beer, or a hard drink to take this edge off, or just relax me.  But yeah, I feel what you guys are saying.  I probably had hbv most of my life, and in the past decade i party very hard at times.  Even back to last year, I got into drinking and tasting different single malt scotch.  But no more.  I did consider my situation as to think like a recovering alcoholic, in a sense, when it comes to drinking.  

My doctor(hepatologist) told me hbv is a carcinogenic virus and it continues to attack the liver, like smoking to lungs.  I hate this hbv and being chronic.  This news of hbv is the worst news I EVER GOT!!!!

[nicolefor]

You can drink occasionally when you are not on a treatment . And you can do so if and only if you have  normal ALAT ,ASAT and no fibrose alarm
  But,if you are  on a treatment ,you are wasting your time if you drink ,even occasionally .The treatment will never work .

[bigmoviebuff]

my hep specialist doctor told me its okay for an occasional drink. I still drink  sometimes but pretty rarely. roughly maybe about 3-4 drinks per year. I find it difficult to avoid alcohol completely. I get the usual blood test ultra sound, MRI every year and so far so good.

[twinboys1girl4me]

You will get mixed information.  My old specialist would tell me an occasional drink was fine.  I would feel guilty when drinking any amount.  Now, I completely abstain and it's just easier that way for me.  

I found out at 16 about my HBV.  Back then either the doctor I saw didn't know much or they really have come to know a lot more.  That doctor said I was a carrier, not sick, and just go on with life.  That is what I did.  In college I drank whenever I wanted to, at parties and such.  I wasn't tracking my HBV until my 20's,  Luckily, my liver is in good shape, but now closely monitor for consistency or change.

Most doctors now will tell you that any amount of alcohol is like pouring gasoline on a fire.  Also, smoking has ill effects on the liver, so while your doctor may tell you it is okay in moderation just know it's not the best thing you could be doing.  *****, I know.

Now when I'm out and people/friends ask about a drink I tell them I have a liver issue and don't drink.  That ends the conversation.  I've told people in the past about my HBV specifically and they get freaked out, like I'm going to give it to them, so I've found this simple explanation works for me.  Sometimes I just say I don't drink and then I'm sure people think I'm a recovering alcoholic.  I find the stigma and ignorance of HBV is still very alive and well, unfortunately.  Just wanted to let you know since you are new to this.