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