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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9600865" data-attributes="member: 6799660">I want to reiterate that we don't know if her liver issues were substance abuse related, or honestly whether her death was even related to the liver transplant. However, as a member of the SA recovery community, I want to give a warning. Liver disease is incredibly fickle. Some people can absolutely wreck their bodies with alcohol or other drugs for decades and their livers effectively show no issues*. Others can binge drink every other weekend ages 18-23 and already show serious damage. There isn't a too-young for alcohol-related liver damage. There's a lot more people than I previously realized that are dealing with long term consequences of even early or short-lived excesses. If you or someone you know is worried about their alcohol consumption, by all means talk to your doctor now -- even if (perhaps especially if) you know you're not ready to seriously consider quitting yet.  *or no permanent issues -- I drank myself to blackout state every night for two decades and nearly died because my body stopped accepting potassium into and removing iron from my blood, but once I sobered up my liver is effectively cirrhosis-free. I didn't deserve to be that lucky, I certainly didn't earn it, but here I am, and the person one story over isn't.</blockquote>