Keep your drinking in check.

[VorTexan]

Hate to hear this. My grandpa (mom's dad) did the same thing when I was a boy. I promised my dad I would not put my mother through that pain again.

[duckhead]

There is always hope.I grew up watching my dad drink every day.He told me the other day that it was his 20th year of being complety sober.I will pray for your sister

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

How in the world do you drink yourself to death?

[Buckrider]

How in the world do you drink yourself to death?

One drink at a time...I think mainly it kills your liver etc...

[Olphart]

How in the world do you drink yourself to death?

It really isn't difficult for those that drink a lot and build up a tolerance, so much so that even when their blood alcohol gets in the high .20's or even to the .30's, they can still be somewhat "awake." But, it WILL take their life if it gets too high. Many a person has died on their own vomit from too much alcohol.

[Bowtech08]

HI I am Mike and a dumb @$$. Thanks for sharing I need to get off my rump and save my own life about right now

If your sincere I hope things change for you.

[Cajun Blake]

How in the world do you drink yourself to death?

C'mon Bob, I know you're more intelligent than your question. Alcohol is poison. Alcoholism is a disease. The following people drank themselves to death ... RIP : Bon Scott, Keith Whitley, Janice, Jim Morrison, Ron "pigpen" McKernan, Billie holiday, Townes Van Zandt, and John Bonham just to name a few ...


To the OP - 2 recommendations as I'm an alcoholic and drug addict with 23+ yrs sobriety living one day at a time. I put myself in treatment when I was 19 as God had a plan for me :

(1) if your sister is still drinking and this may ultimately kill her, I'd seriously sit down with your parents and have the coroner sign a court order committing your sister to treatment . If it doesn't work, you can at least accept that you tried everything possible to try and save her. If you do NOTHING and she succumbs to the disease you will always wish you did something to prevent her death. The guilt will eat you alive if you allow it to.

(2) you can certainly benefit from counseling and support , I.e. Al-anon. Research via google , the yellow pages, or call any local treatment / mental health center and ask where they have al-anon group mtgs.

The worst thing you can do is nothing . Be proactive and act now. Get on your knees tonight and pray the serenity prayers asking for strength from God

If you need support PM me and I'll be there brother

Blake

[Stan R]

My Step Dad had been sober for over 25 years. He said for years he would wake up and be legally drunk. He has been part of a local AA club helping others for many years. He says it is he payback.

[Bill M]

Prayers for your sister.

[Burntorange Bowhunter]

Well Blake, you are entitled to your opinion but it was a somewhat serious question. Of course you can die from complications due to alcoholism...the term drink yourself to death seemed strange to me. To me that would imply that a person started drinking ONE DAY and did not stop until they were dead. I could be wrong but I believe drugs were a big part of the deaths of the people you mentioned.

Beer is poisen? Surely you jest.

Prayers for all that are affected by substance abuse and those around them that it affects.

[DeadeyeDeb]

Well Blake, you are entitled to your opinion but it was a somewhat serious question. Of course you can die from complications due to alcoholism...the term drink yourself to death seemed strange to me. To me that would imply that a person started drinking ONE DAY and did not stop until they were dead. I could be wrong but I believe drugs were a big part of the deaths of the people you mentioned.

Beer is poisen? Surely you jest.

Prayers for all that are affected by substance abuse and those around them that it affects.

Actually, that in essence is exactly how an alcoholic lives and it does not stop til death or recovery. An alcohloic that is so immersed in the bottle is drunk on a cellular level not just what a breathalyzer or a BAL will show. Every fiber of their being needs alcohol to subsist.
Those that drink themselves to death do so on a daily basis, they wake up with a drink and go to sleep with a drink(that drink can be beer or liquor) and many more in between those times. It kills the liver, the kidneys, runs up blood pressure, and eventually causes alcoholic encephalopathy---kills the brain. It is a slow and gruesome way to go. A very, very slow suicide if you will. And that is exactly what it is. A slow, self imposed death.
I have seen it first hand with a couple loved ones and see it nearly every week when I am at work. It is a horrid way to go. Saddest part is when the person realizes what they are doing and can not get the strength to seek help. So entwined in the addiction that the addiction has totally taken over and they feel powerless to change it. This is where the "sister" is in this thread. There is hope, but she needs to make the move and have herself commited. No one can do that for her beyond a 3 day hold made by an MD if she lands in the ER.
Addiction, what ever the poison picked, is brutal and very cruel. It takes prisoners and seldom lets go.

[Bowtech08]

Im hoping my parents will make the choice to get a mental warrant arrest. And at least give my sister a chance at changing her life. Im Very thankful for being able to talk to y'all because I'm not sure how much longer I can be strong for my parents. Please keep the prayers coming.

Thanks Jerry

[Bluesman]

How in the world do you drink yourself to death?

Acute alcohol poisioning is the quickest way.
Otherwise, kidney and or liver failure over time.
Car wrecks and etc.

[Bluesman]

It really isn't difficult for those that drink a lot and build up a tolerance, so much so that even when their blood alcohol gets in the high .20's or even to the .30's, they can still be somewhat "awake." But, it WILL take their life if it gets too high. Many a person has died on their own vomit from too much alcohol.

At one time my old boss and his brother could drink a half gallon of whisky each and be somewhat functional. They both weighed in at about 300 lbs. Later in their lives an 8 oz shot would have them drunk as all get out.
The eldest died of liver and kidney failure and the other is not able to function well enough to hold a job or a family. He'll pass soon.
So, I saw them pass through the tolerance phase and then into a phase where their bodies began to not tolerate alcohol in very low amounts. Then, a dirt nap and a soon to be dirt nap.

[VorTexan]

That's why I hate to see advertising the stuff to kids. You can't advertise tobacco but you can show how drinking makes you "one of the gang" and cool. No telling how many lives are ruined when it doesn't even get to this level. We all know dad's, grandpa's, relatives etc. that can't seem to cope without it and neglect those around them.

Sorry for the rant but it is terrible and something I hate to see having dealt with it. I pray my kids don't take that step as my grandfather did.