MY NEUROLOGIST IS TESTING ME FOR NEUROPATHY. I AM A RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC, 17 ALMOST 18 YEARS SOBER. DO YOU THINK THAT CAN AFFECT ME AT THIS LATE DATE? ALSO, I WAS A BATTERED WIFE, BLOWS WERE ALWAYS ABOUT THE HEAD AND FACE, SOMETIMES WITH BROKEN BONES, BROKEN JAW. I HAVE HAD AS MANY BLOWS AS ALI. LOL