[QUOTE="wessie"] only if someone has cirrhosis[/QUOTE] I bloody well hope not
That would be full on swollen stomach and edema. Yes, but the way I've understood it is that over time the body naturally learns to hold onto a slight bit more water, to counteract the intake of lots of dieuretics be it caffiene, alcohol, or anything else. Switch to drinking only water for a few weeks and the body won't hold onto as much, and as if by magic, weight loss.
I take a diuretic medication as well as drink loads of booze. There is certainly a rebound effect associated with diuretics. I would not call it a learning process but a biochemical overcompensation. From my own experience, fluid will collect in the lower limbs of people taking a drink if they are sedentary. Go to bed, the fluid redistributes and is excreted by the kidneys and results in being woken up to take a piss. By morning, unless additional water is consumed the net result is dehydration and maybe a hangover.
You do realise that you're a different person now though, don't you? And I don't mean that in a good way :-{
I seldom drink. But when I do, I tend to binge - this is probably about once a month, or less. I still fancy your wife when I'm sober, you know!
I hope so Nige. Giving up the booze is a good idea so you should stick at it. IMO of course. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
Don't be silly, he's one of our top union bods now; I bet he can't remember the last time he turned a handle in anger!
I used to work for a company called Diehl in Germany There used to be at least one serious drink related injury in the workshops there The union heard that at a board meeting, there was going to be a discussion as to whether alcohol at the point of work - i.e. by their lathe or whatever machine they were working at, was to be banned There was a strike Bier ist wie Brot
snip> I've worked in Germany a few times and it was normal for beer to be available in the canteen but I never saw anyone taking it back to their workplace. Just to bring it closer to home though, how many people work in an office with a zero alcohol policy? By that I mean any alcohol at all and you're up for instant dismissal.
Railway office staff have to comply with the same requirements for safety critical grades (drivers, signallers, guards, fitters etc.) The railway limit is 29mg/100ml which whilst not zero is as near to zero as you're going to get (the body naturally makes a certain amount of alcohol). Drinking on duty or having open containers will also result in a clause 9 (potential summary dismissal). On a different note, and a bit nerdy, there's no such thing as a legal instant dismissal.
