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You're listening to the Recovery Happy Hour Podcast. Hi guys welcome to recovery happy hour where we talk about life beyond the

bottle and what happens after we get sober. I'm your host Tricia

thank you for joining me. Dudes. Two game-changing

studies about alcohol came out in the last month. Like this isn't just a warning about the health hazards of alcohol.

Shit is getting real.

In July, a bitch slap of a study came out and I learned how quickly the rates of deaths from liver cirrhosis are rising, but

it's actually scarier than it sounds and very surprising at who's getting the losing

end of this deal.

This study covers the years 1999 through 2016.

So for starters, deaths from cirrhosis of the liver

have increased in those 17 years. By how much? Oh, 65%. Deaths from cirrhosis of the

Liver are up 65 percent, but here's where it gets even freckier.

The age group who has the highest annual increase

aren't old alcoholic drinkers, not even close. It's millennials.

Ages 25 to 34 had the highest increase of deaths from cirrhosis of the liver

going up over 10% per year.

So the liver damage that used to take 30 years to achieve is now taking closer to 10 years.

And that's not just liver damage guys, it's death from

liver damage. If you want to know specifics of what kind of drinking increases

your risk of cirrhosis, they describe it as having several drinks per night

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