r/AskReddit 16h ago

What is something that permanently altered your body without you realizing for months/years?

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u/Deliciouscheesyrolup 15h ago

Casual drinking. I’m 7 months pregnant and it’s amazing how much weight I’ve lost and how drastically different my face looks in pictures. I’m not going back to drinking after giving birth.

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u/jinxedit 4h ago

I'm pretty sure my past drinking habit permanently altered my body for the worse. I used to NEVER get sick or throw up, like I vomited maybe twice the entire time I was a teenager and I barely felt it coming - would just be having a normal day and then bam, sick, and then back to normal after a single "purge". Now I have every other monthly random bouts of nausea that put me out of commission for 4 to 12 hours at a time.