Man's skin turns orange from drinking too much cider .

A man who drank so much cider that his skin turned orange has amazed his doctors by surviving the condition.



Michael Stenning, 47, who began drinking more than four litres of cider a day
after losing his job as a courier, was convinced to seek medical attention
by friends after his skin began to change colour. When he arrived at the
hospital for a check-up, doctors told him they were "amazed you're not
dead."

"It was a miracle," said Dr Sumita Verma, who researches alcoholic
hepatitis. "I have never seen someone as sick as him leave the hospital
alive."

Mr Stenning, a father-of-two, said: "I am a miracle case and just so
happy to still be alive. I am touched by the continuous support from my
family and friends especially after how I treated them at the time."

He started drinking heavily five years ago after being made redundant and only
stopped when warned that he was about to die.

"I now want to make up for the years I've lost while drunk," he
said, explaining that his skin has begun to return to its natural colour
since stopping drinking.

"Staying off the booze has been easier than I thought and I'm happier
drinking non-alcoholic drinks, which complement my now healthier diet. I
have even started an exercise regime."

Mr Stenning, who is divorced, told how his two children Matthew, 22, and
Sophie, 19, supported him as he struggled with his alcohol addiction: "They
really helped me through it all. I can't thank everyone enough. When they
noticed I was turning orange it was the last straw. I had to do something."

He spent three weeks at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and says
he owes his life to the staff who helped him beat his addiction.

Stephen Leggett, who alerted Mr Stenning when his face began to change colour
praised his friend's resiliance: "A lot of people relapse, but Mick has
stayed so strong."











And there was me thinking that Apples were good for you. :)