Fletcher Haines

Fletcher Haines

Father. Husband. Figuring it out after 50.

Hey — I'm Fletcher. If you're here, you probably found me through one of my articles or my Facebook page. Thanks for taking the time.

Here's the short version: I'm 57 years old, married 31 years, father of two grown kids, and I live in Charlotte, North Carolina. For most of my career, I was a management consultant — operations, mostly. Corporate strategy. The kind of work where you fly too much, eat too late, and unwind with a glass of something at the end of the day.

That last part is what this page is really about.

In late 2025, I found out that 25 years of "moderate drinking" — two glasses of wine with dinner, maybe a bourbon on the weekend — had silently damaged my liver to 39% function. No symptoms. No warnings. Until there were.

What happened next — the diagnosis, the fallout, what I learned about liver health that nobody tells you, and how I turned my numbers around — is something I've started writing about publicly. Not because I'm an expert. I'm not a doctor. I'm just a guy who almost lost everything and decided other people should know what I didn't.

Why I Write

When I was going through the worst of it, I searched everywhere for real information — not from supplement companies, not from health influencers, not from people trying to sell me something. I wanted to hear from someone who'd been where I was. A normal person. A husband. A dad. Someone who drank the way most people drink and found out the hard way what it does over time.

I couldn't find that person. So I decided to be him.

Everything I write is based on my own experience, my own research, and my own blood work. I share what worked for me. I share what didn't. I try to be honest about all of it — even the embarrassing parts.

A Few Things About Me

If you're over 40 and you drink — even moderately — I'd encourage you to read some of what I've written. Not to scare you. To inform you. Because I wish someone had informed me a decade ago.

Thanks for being here.

— Fletcher