I’m sorry I drank so much alcohol. My doctor said it’s a miracle I don’t have stage 3 liver cirrhosis yet.
(Wide-eyed, shock, processing)… Yes… thank GOD for that… It’s okay. I mean, you don’t have to be sorry to me…
But I am. And I want to clean up. I wanna go cold turkey with the drinks.
I don’t know if that is the best way. I’m not specialised in this process. Talk to a professional about it. How many years has it been? Like 6 or 7 years that it’s been the worst?
(Nodding) around that time…
Well, maybe give yourself 6 or 7 months, as a realistic expectation. I don’t think it’s realistic to just say, “THAT’S IT.” — Unless the Doctor said you absolutely have to and you’ll get stage 3 liver cirrhosis which means it is ABSOLUTE IRREVERSIBLE SCARRING and you’re going to need a procedure to cut out the parts of the liver that has the scarred tissue and it’ll never grow back — livers grow back. Unless it’s Stage 3.
(Deep breaths)… okay… I didn’t know any of that… (more deep breathing)… so… 6 or 7 months?
Yes. We give that kind of estimate in Naturopathy. With chronic disease patients. Say if someone had a chronic condition with a skin rash, and they need a herbal cream, a personalised herbal formula, nutritional formulas, and they’re wondering, “How long is this going to take to fix it?” And we say, “It’s not a fix — we don’t use the word fix. And a rough estimate of how long this could take would be for each year you’ve had the condition, give your body one month to adjust to the recovery…” something along those lines. I don’t remember it exactly, I’m not currently practising.
(Nodding)… For every year you’ve had the problem, give yourself one month to recover from it. That’s the main point.
Yes. Like I think I remember some girl friends even saying this about break-ups?! Like for every year you’ve been together, give yourself one month? In the timeline?
That makes sense… I guess…?
So… for us? We’ve had this… not-together phase… for… what? 18 YEARS?!!? (Chuckles) so maybe it’ll take us 18 months. From the moment you realised, this time around, you’re chasing me. You’ve made your decision, you’re chasing me… but… it’ll take us 18 months to really settle back into a comfortable, happy couple phase?
(Smiling… big smiles)… 18 months… realistically… 18 months… (Feeling happy and optimistic)… I can live with that. I can tie up some loose ends. Organise some new contracts. I can plan towards some things in the next 18 months…
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