I Covered the Hospital Ward in Blood & the Doctor Gave Me 20% Odds of survival

Episode 77 | Dan Sheridan — Big Dan Stella in a Straight Glass: Cirrhosis, a 20% Chance & the Liver That Changed Everything Dan Sheridan grew up in Harwell, Oxfordshire — a village with five pubs and a club, a dad who was his hero, and a first attempt on his own life at 22 that he talked his way out of in front of a psychiatrist and never went back to. He became a dad at 19 to a woman sixteen years his senior, never found his footing, and spent the better part of two decades hiding behind a personality so large that the people who loved him genuinely couldn't believe he was suffering. Big Dan. Stella in a straight glass. Never drunk in public — just absolutely hammered at home at two in the morning, singing Adele, dancing to Happy Hardcore and hoping his eyes wouldn't open again. When his liver finally gave out the signs were there for years — size fourteen shoes on a size twelve man, legs that were just blocks of water, blood in places blood shouldn't be. He was diagnosed with cirrhosis in 2019 and that night went on Facebook Live to announce he was going to be the first person to cure the condition. Then bought 18 tins of Stella. In 2020, during COVID, he had a catastrophic GI bleed and decorated his house in blood. He was given a 50% chance of surviving the night. He was thinking about the lager in the fridge. The next morning a doctor told him he had a 20% chance of making it through the next hour — then the ward doors burst open and he went down fast. He woke up in ICU unable to remember his address. What followed was three years of transplant lists, stomach drains, weekly breathalyser tests, encephalopathy so severe he rang friends to tell them he was playing Ronnie O'Sullivan at Twickenham while using a fork to call Domino's. Then a TikTok video. Then a comment. Then a message. Then a phone call. Then Claire. On 1,111 days sober, he got a call on a Saturday — we don't normally ring patients on a Saturday, Dan, but we've got a liver for you. Three years ago on the 4th of June. He thanks that man every single day. You can find Dan on Instagram at:   / danman147   On TikTok at:   / mrssheridanshusband   Mum, can you Lend me Twenty Quid - Elizabeth Burton-Phillips MBE https://amzn.to/4vDciB7 Basketball Diaries https://amzn.to/4wfkB63 My Instagram is:   / recovery_jimmy   And you can find all my other links at: https://linktr.ee/jimmythistle Buy me a coffee… https://buymeacoffee.com/afterhourswi... Alcohol Explained - William Porter https://amzn.to/4uMmkyB This Naked Mind - Annie Grace https://amzn.to/4eC6L6z A Million Little Pieces - James Frey https://amzn.to/44jOV3i Donate: https://motiv8.im/donate/ https://nacoa.org.uk/get-involved/don... #sober #soberlife #sobercurious #soberaf #soberliving #soberissexy #sobermovement #soberlifestyle #sobernation #sobercommunity #sobertribe #soberjourney #sobrietyjourney #sobrietyisbeautiful #sobrietyrules #boozefree #alcoholfree #alcoholfreelife #alcoholfreeliving #inspiration #recovery #soberseasons #soberspring #soberpodcast #podcast