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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A few beers a day? Over what amount of time?  Is he a big guy? Does he get drunk or do you just not like the consumption of alcohol? What kind of relationship do you have with him?

Some people can drink that much and be fine. I have an amazing friend who can drink a bottle of wine at dinner by herself and be totally fine. Her liver is incredible! If your BIL drinks around your kids but otherwise behaves, then that opens up good conversations for you to have with the kids. And you and your DH have to make a joint decision based on being parents, not based on his love for his brother or some idea of respect for his mother. [/quote]

If your friend drinks a bottle of wine on her own regularly and is "totally fine" she is an alcoholic. I have a friend like this too. He is an alcoholic. He has attempted to scale back his drinking multiple times but cannot function with just a little bit of alcohol. It's the very fact that he can drink an entire bottle of wine and not even seem visibly inebriated that is the problem.

And no, someone like this does not have an "incredible" liver, unless you think advanced steatosis, cirrhosis, and inflammation are "incredible."[/quote]

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