The Morning Star Rising on the First Day

A VISION OF A JESUS-FILLED WORLD COMING TO PASS

A DIFFERENT LIFE

My doctors described how the pancreatitis damage I suffered would influence my future life activities. They communicated that pancreatic dysfunctions typically arise from three lifestyle determinants and that I must focus on each to stay healthy. The most dangerous factor would be alcohol consumption, and consequently, I would have to stop drinking altogether. The other two factors would be a high-fat diet and a high-stress lifestyle. They were right. When I thought about it, I occasionally drank excessively, ate loads of fatty and deep-fried foods, and had an exceptionally stressful job. I would have to focus on all three to live.

They further explained that acute pancreas conditions like what I had experienced would likely reoccur without due diligence to these three lifestyle determinants, especially if I began drinking alcohol again. They reinforce this point by providing the following statistics: If I resumed drinking, I would have a ninety-nine percent probability of experiencing a reoccurrence of the condition that sent me to the hospital for three months. Further, such a reoccurrence would be much more life-threatening than the first, ninety-nine percent of the time. They also disclosed that only one in three people entering the hospital in the condition I had that night I entered the hospital would have survived. I then realized I would likely die if I began drinking again. So, my choices were to either drink or live. I chose to live.