#down to the liver

[schakira]

the other day, during my trip to the ER, i learned that drinking alcohol would medically be terrible for me. i don't drink any but it's good to have another reason to turn down alcohol.

[wakinguponsaturday]

love the implication that the eagle is just as fed up with this arrangement as prometheus and now they've unionized

[muirmarie]

do you think when McCoy or Kirk are hurt, does Spock panic and check for their heartbeat in the wrong place and then panic even more when it's just the liver quietly chilling there. do you think McCoy makes fun of him mercilessly once it's confirmed that everyone is okay, and Spock has to gather his shattered dignity and pretend he just needed to check the liver for scientific reasons and also human bodies are stupid and it's not HIS fault. and then Jim tries to do damage control like, hey, i think livers are neat! And that of course makes it worse, and Spock goes off To Sulk until McCoy bullies him into taking a first aid refresher, which actually does make him feel better?

i think that happens. i think it happens twice. Spock's so angry the second time he says Very Mean Things about human organs. He makes a powerpoint, actually.

(McCoy makes him sit down for a one-on-one human anatomy class after the powerpoint fiasco, but it's a very hands-on course so Spock doesn't protest too much.)

[black-and-yellow]

Lost

(minus grain)

[starzzmissthesun]

The ring, the great dark, and the proximity to God WIP

[fictionadventurer]

They call me the Baby Whisperer.

[glass-warehouse]

i'm sure we all know the 'do you think we know each other in every universe' meme. but with chargestep it kinda feels more like

Do you think we know each other in every universe?

What makes you think I exist in any other universe than this one?

[allastoredeer]

"Suave sugar big bad daddy Alastor" is the reason I ignore most of charlastor and radioapple content, it's laughable how absolutely the same a lot of works are and even funnier that a lot of people from both groups dislike the other ship lol

my GOD, you're right 🤣 for two ship groups that don't like each other, they sure do use a lot of the same tropes.

i'm sorry i just can't see Alastor being a big bad suave sugar daddy. 🥲 Where's his whimsy? Where's his goofy silliness? Cannibalism can be sexy, but you know what else is sexy? Being a clowning little freak.

[buttercups-revenge]

i need to put something out there, medically, and it’s going to alter some of your headcanons about post-revolution Haymitch. TW: alcoholism

Alcohol withdrawal is extremely serious and can lead to death. Symptoms start as early as 6 hours into abstinence, and some symptoms can last for MONTHS. (1)

Delirium tremens (DT) is the most severe form of withdrawal. It occurs because the central nervous system (CNS) is repressed by alcohol, and has to work harder when someone is drinking. (The CNS controls the things your body does without you thinking about them, like breathing, heart rate, etc). When the alcohol goes away, the CNS continues to work as hard as it did before (because it takes some time to readjust to the lack of alcohol), but the lack of alcohol means it is now working TOO hard, which is the cause of DT. (2)

This leads to tremors and shakes, delirium, hallucinations, psychosis, heavy sweating, increased heart rate, sensory disruptions, headaches, nausea and vomiting, and seizures. Many of these can independently be dangerous, if not deadly, and any combination of them can happen at once. And that’s not the end of the line.

Kidney and liver failure are both possible even after withdrawal (3). Alcoholism in the long term affects the heart and circulation. Alcoholism can cause long-term nutrient deficiencies. Alcohol is a known carcinogen, meaning that there is an increased risk of mouth, throat, liver, and colorectal cancer (4) associated with drinking.

(Side note, these are mostly just PHYSICAL symptoms! Becoming sober is a complicated process that involves a lot of mental and emotional effort as well.)

We know that Haymitch has been through withdrawal once in district 13, which I’m guessing was medically supervised, given that he survived it. He’s periodically described as “yellow”, which is jaundice, an indicator of alcoholic liver disease. He discusses “drying out” a few times in the series, and this may mean that he either lessens or stops drinking entirely and may face withdrawal symptoms from doing so. Every time he sobers up, he faces the possibility of death.

Haymitch on his drinking by the end of the series:

“I’m not sure I’ll be here in the old therebefore much longer. My liver’s wrecked and I only dry out when the train’s late. I drink differently these days, though, less to forget, more out of habit. When my time comes, it comes, but I’ve no idea when that will be.” (SOTR, 381)

Haymitch is facing the reality that many people with alcoholism face.

Based on the abuses that their bodies have already taken over the course of their lives, they know that they may not have time left, even if they stop drinking entirely.

This is an IMPORTANT part of Haymitch’s story, and taking away the alcohol, or making him somehow sober after the war with Capitol science does not magically give him a happy ending.

What the Capitol does to its Victors is PERMANENT, because their effort to control their Victors goes literally as far as controlling their BODIES.

This is what makes Haymitch’s story such a tragedy—even if he quits drinking, he will be left with the scars of this Capitol punishment, and they WILL affect his quality and length of life.

Sources below the cut.

1) https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/alcohol-withdrawal

2) https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25052-delirium-tremens

3) https://www.addictionresource.net/blog/is-liver-failure-painful/

4) https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/alcohol/alcohol-fact-sheet

[soullessjack]

lord knows I do not have the capacity to explain it right now but I have so much disdain for how heteronormative and nuclear this fandom is hellbent on making destiel and lord knows I have an even bigger hatred for how jack is used to fuel it.

[askfullmetalpanic]

I know people were a bit confused seeing Sousuke drinking alcohol. I would've expected it'd be because he semi-practiced Islam (though I'm not surprised he seems to have stopped, it was never a huge part of his identity), but people were mentioning the fact that he lost part of his liver. So to that, I would like to remind people:

The liver regrows.

Well, "regrows" is slightly a misnomer. It becomes hypertrophic (oversized, in this case it's similar to scar tissue or a callus) but the cells mature quickly then work just as regular liver cells. And this can happen pretty quickly. So after decades, yeah, he's probably got pretty normal liver function.

I'd be more worried if I saw him scarfing a whole bunch of bananas than I am seeing him imbibe in a couple fingers of whiskey.

[deadlifts-and-deadlines]

Today when I was driving the thought popped into my head that I need to take my methotrexate today and then I started crying because I REALLY don’t want to and then the thought hit me that I could just… stop if I want. And then I said it out loud and I felt my entire fucking body relax for what feels the first time in six months and the more I sit with the thought the better I feel about it but I’m going to sleep on it a few days and try do some research and ask around in some of my support groups if anyone has any advice.

[thanatologie]

"i think emmrich would be good with ki-" emmrich already is good with kids and a great dad, next question.

[jam3sp0ttery]

i love my silly little codependent long distance relationship w liv bc i’m like yeah i have ur location and also i would wear a ring with your time zone engraved in it at all times but then we drop a piece of lore that happened 2 years ago that we just forgot to mention and also we’ve literally never been in the same room

[emily-mooon]

FOLKS IM OFFICIALLY SICK AGAIN

[hofftrans]

returning to this website like a uni student walking into a class over an hour late and trying desperately not to make eye contact