“After One Year Sobriety, Your Brain and Body May Recover” 2022 Nonfiction Testimonial – Inspiration for the Author

I have written two #1 Bestseller books about serious health issues and how to recover and live.

The intent of “Navigate the Medical Maze” is to provide research information and patient experiences to assist in choosing hospitals, physical rehab facilities, and nursing homes.

“Highway to Homelessness – Road to Recovery” is what people should know about the tragedy of street culture, homelessness, and substance abuse.

Below is an email I received in October of 2022. My earlier writings and material in “Highway to Homelessness – Road to Recovery” turned this man, Dave, away from a life of overdrinking so his body and his brain could heal. I have received many emails and verbal comments with the same message. Please read and pass it on as Dave asked. You may help yourself, a family member, or a friend.

He read a blog I wrote. Dave’s interest came from my early research and seminars. I wrote the blog, under the name Brian Masters https://addictionrealityeducation.com/2016/05/10/after-one-year-sobriety-your-brain-may-recover/

“On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 9:04 AM David<david@aol.com> wrote:

Hi, I saw your post about brain repair from sobriety, and I wanted to add my own observations to your storehouse of knowledge.

I am 64 years old, and started drinking beer in high school. All my adult life I drank beer after work, probably 3-6 a night, pretty much every night. That’s a lot of decades of abuse. 

My eyelids were reddish, my nose darker, with spider veins in my cheeks. I could feel my swollen liver, with sometimes sharp pain starting 20 years ago in the upper region, moving lower as time went on. 

I quit last November 11th, replacing beer with  lemon water, and looking back I can say it was pretty easy! I wondered what took me so long to do it. I no longer have to take empties to the recycling center, go to the liquor store daily, wake up not feeling that great. 

I’ve noticed definite improvements in my thinking. I don’t forget where I put stuff anymore, remembering even the stupidest things easily. I don’t now exactly how to explain it, but my brain is much much much better. 

There is no longer any perceived swelling in my liver, the sharp pains have disappeared, and my bilirubin levels have returned to EXACTLY where they should be after reading 50% above normal two months after quitting. 

The red eyelids have returned to perfectly toned skin color, most of the spider veins have disappeared, and I can’t tell about my nose yet. 

There’s a lot of good stuff on the internet about sobriety but not a lot about specific changes in the body after quitting which is why I liked reading your post. For some, it’s almost another carrot dangling in front of the donkey reading about how the body fixes itself after quitting. Thank you for your time in doing that. 

I’ll never drink again, knowing how devastating alcohol is to your body, and how good I feel now that I can see with my own eyes how, if given the chance, your body can forgive you for abusing it for so long. 

I’m hoping some day I can look in the mirror and see 100% normal skin. 

It’s strange writing to a total stranger about this, but if anything that I wrote is useful to anyone else, it was totally worth my time. Thanks for listening.

Dave”

William Reiley Butler

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