"You can turn a cucumber into a pickle, but you can't turn a pickle back into a cucumber." 

I hate this saying.  I hate it because I'm discovering that I am now a pickle.  There are so many studies and fact sheets that point out how dangerous drinking alcohol can be - even more so for women.  I can drink as much, if not more, than most men I know.  And because I thought it was a good idea to prove this on more than one occasion, I have pickled myself.

• Women absorb alcohol into the bloodstream faster and metabolize it slower than men.
  
• Women who drink regularly are at significantly greater risk for liver damage than men even if they drink less or drink for a shorter period of time.
  
• Women develop alcoholic liver disease after a comparatively shorter period of heavy drinking and at a lower level of daily drinking than men.
  
• Proportionately more alcoholic women die from cirrhosis than do alcoholic men.

These are just a few facts I picked up along the way, but if you are interest in learning more, th