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Acute Pancreatitis and Not Drinking Is it serious if you're pancreas can't properly digest enzymes? Yes, it is very serious. If the enzymes are not functioning properly in the pancreas they will turn on the pancreas and start eating away at it. This is very serious because you cannot live without a pancreas. Acute Pancreatitis can turn into Chronic Pancreatitis which over time can - and most likely will - turn into Pancreatic Cancer which will most likely kill you very quickly. People who have Pancreatic Cancer don't live long. One of the problems with finding funding for Pancreatic Cancer is that people diagnosed with it don't live long enough to become spokespersons for the disease - think Patrick Swayze. I have no interest in hyping this disease as worse than it is, nor is it in my nature to be a sensationalist. I'm just being honest about the affects of this disease. Take it seriously or it will seriously take you... and fast. Most people who have Pancreatitis got it from drinking too much alcohol. The best, and perhaps only, way to prevent recurrent pancreatitis is to stop drinking completely and forever. Yes, it's a tall order for an alcoholic but it's the only option you have if you would like to continue living. It is unclear why alcohol affects the pancreas. What is clear is that alcohol most certainly can affect the pancreas and when it does it continues to do so, so if you start drinking again later it will continue to hurt your pancreas. The pancreas can heal completely from acute pancreatitis if cared for properly. That does not mean that you can return to drinking. It is said that the pancreas remains frail once it has become frail and although you may be able to recover from pancreatitis you cannot start drinking again. There are a lot of support groups out there for recovering alcoholics. Alcoholics Anonymous has meetings all over the world. You can find out more about AA in your area online through searching the keywords 'Alcoholics Anonymous'. You might also enter the name of the city you live in so information specific to your area will come up. Many people also go directly into alcohol rehab centers. Maybe alcohol treatment centers offer in-patient services which allows the alcoholic to live-in and therefore not be as subjected to being around alcohol. An alcohol rehab center may not be for you. It may be out of your price range. Or, it may simply not be a realistic option for you. If that is the case so be it. Many people have recovered from alcohol without going into alcohol treatment centers. Just do it. Don't drink and you won't have the booze in you. Remember this is serious, very serious at this point since you are at this website. Your life is in your hands. If you have pancreatitis there is a chance you will not recover... don't let alcohol be the definitive nail in that coffin. What happens if you keep drinking when you have pancreatitis? You can die from pancreatitis. You can die from your first pancreatic attack. Your organs can fail from low blood pressure causing you to go into shock and die. 95% of people recover. 5-out-of-100 do not recover and die. I'm guessing those who haven't stopped drinking have a much higher chance of falling into the 5% that die. If you have found the information on this site to be useful consider leaving a donation. | 
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