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News Credits: 3 · Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:35 am

my room mate is 30. He is currently in intensive care for liver and kidney falure. He's been drinking steadily/heavily (a fifth-half gallon+ every day)for the last 5 years, and currently has a 10% chance to live. all he has done for the last few years is drink, and thought i was an ass for making him take a sober day every now and then.

about a month ago he was rushed to the E.R. and diagnosed with soft kidney stones, but aparrantly it was the first stages of kidney falier and he was misdiagnosed. He also snuck in a fith of vodka for his day and a half stay. He was hospitalized last wednesday, after litterally looking like a stroke vicim for 3 weeks. He is currently incoherent, completely delusional, and has no idea where he is or who people are, if he's concious.

So please i know we're all young and like to party, but remember to not over do it or to make it a life style. You have no idea how heartbreaking it is to your friends and family when your only 30, on your deathbed, and can't recognize your closest friends and family.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:57 am

That's a shame, some people just don't know when to stop. =/ Reminds me of a co-worker that died because he couldn't properly manage his diet.

Here however, alcohol free since 1982. Since that's out of the way, I wonder what other horrors I have waiting for me in the future. Heart disease, cancer, alzheimers, parkinsons. Life is so wonderful.

Anyhoo.

You and your unfortunate friend have my sympathies.

[zero-kaiser's YouTube Channel] · Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:21 am

I second Tekka's sympathies, Name_Violation.

My father drank, smoked and ate his way to an early grave.. believe it or not it was the 7th heart attack in 2 years that did it.

I hope your room mate pulls through Name_Violation, I do.. If you wanna talk to anyone about it you know were all here, and feel free to PM me if you want to..

Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:42 pm

I second everyone elses sympathies, I hope your room mate pulls through okay. This is one of the reasons I really dont drink that much anymore because this is what it does to people, pretty much wrecks your liver.

Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:02 pm

Sadly many do not realize how deadly alcohol can be. I was watching a show about the top 10 killers. Alcohol was #4. You can even die from withdrawls of alcohol.
I pray your room mate makes it.

Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:58 pm

I know how that is. I have kidney disease and used to drink heavily. When my kidney failed (I only have one anyways), I was told then to slow down, which I did...evidently not enough, because when my gall bladder failed and had to be removed, they had to take a chunk of my liver too, due to booze-abuse. The doctor told me that I am done drinking altogether....Once a year is what I have limited myself to, and even this makes my doctor mad at me...

...as with all things, moderation is the key. When you lose the ability to moderate any aspect of your life, you will lose. Just the way it is.

News Credits: 97 · Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:48 am

Wow. Thank you for posting this.

My roommate is 25, and also happens to be an excessive alcoholic. He goes through a half gallon of vodka every two days. He's been doing that for about 3 years, ever since he kicked a cocaine habit. While I applaud his for getting off the powder, all he's really done is substitute alcohol in its place. In a couple more years, I can totally see my roommate being in the same situation as yours. I'm going to show him this post tomorrow, though I doubt it'll actually change anything.

Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:43 pm

Savage wrote:I'm going to show him this post tomorrow, though I doubt it'll actually change anything.

Hell, I know people in final-stage liver disease caused by their drinking and they still chug the firewater like Pepsi! It's sad, but addiction is like that....All you can do, as their friend, is inform them of your concern and assist them if they ask for help kicking the habit, but other than that, there is nothing you can do. It sucks when you practically have to sit on your hands and watch people you care about slowly poison themselves, but the only person who can save them is them.

News Credits: 3 · Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:52 pm

Update:

still no change in his condition, but they found out he also has pnemonia and a blatter infection

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:40 pm

amudpiewtea wrote:Sadly many do not realize how deadly alcohol can be. I was watching a show about the top 10 killers. Alcohol was #4. You can even die from withdrawls of alcohol.
I pray your room mate makes it.

Umm...alcoholism and the drinker is the cause of death not the drink itself. It's not fun I know. But remember sometimes people have to reach rock bottom before they get help. The hospital staff should have their butts kicked in by devastator. For allowing him to get a hold of vodka in the firstplace.

Second watch out when videos say booze is bad they streach the truth to scare people and they are made by power hungery organizations like MADD who basicly infringe on your rights to have a beer to drink woth friends.

Objects don't kill people, people kill people folks.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:46 pm

Savage wrote:Wow. Thank you for posting this.

My roommate is 25, and also happens to be an excessive alcoholic. He goes through a half gallon of vodka every two days. He's been doing that for about 3 years, ever since he kicked a cocaine habit. While I applaud his for getting off the powder, all he's really done is substitute alcohol in its place. In a couple more years, I can totally see my roommate being in the same situation as yours. I'm going to show him this post tomorrow, though I doubt it'll actually change anything.

That is the sad thing, its not like you can call 911 and get them commited. There is nothing you can say or do to change them except drop them like a hat. Only when they reach rock bottom do they get help it's a sad fact.

News Credits: 3 · Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:11 pm

update: he's just passed

thought i'd share the news,

i'mgoing to log in under his name and put a r.i.p. in front,sorry mods, he deserves it

edit* i'm too frazzled to doit right now, but i'll put a r.i.p.couchman later

Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:06 pm

As a recovering alcoholic myself I feel for your roommate, and you too man. Alcohol is a silent killer that no one sees coming. Detox/withdrawl is one of the hardest things someone can go through. I truely am sorry.

This all reminds me of one of my favorite Dr. house quotes:

"There is no such thing as a recovered alcoholic. If someone never takes a drink again, they didn't live long enough."

ALways remember that everyone, keep an eye on the recovering! Do not pressure them into going to a bar! DO not keep alcohol in the house! It is a terrible addiction, one someone never truely gets over.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Damn, I'm very sorry for your loss.

News Credits: 226 · Tue Feb 10, 2009 2:24 am

Like Mkall said, sorry to hear it.

I knew a guy, straight laced, never put a foot out of line, turned 18 and became legal to drink, every Friday and Saturday night he was out binge drinking. He got the wake up call to stop when during one of his drunken binges his heart ended up stopping.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:27 am

Distressing how dangerous alcohol is. I've been teaching college for, what? twelve years now? And it's standard Monday morning fare to hear the line, "Dude, I was sooooo wasted this weekend...," or hearing someone tell someone else what they did, because they got so drunk they can't remember for themselves. I cringe, because not only are these kids drinking themselves into a lifetime of health-hurt, it's dangerous in the short term, as well. And I'm not talking about the 'funny mistake with the tranny hooker' kind of danger either. Muggings? Stabbings? Rape? When one staggers down the street, one may as well have a target on one's back. How many young women disappeared from NYC alone last year because they got drunk--and no one knows what happened to them?

Myself, I don't do anything that gets me 'out of control' because I'm a control freak. But I can still see a huge amount of territory between 'don't drink goody two shoes' and 'wasted beyond all plausible recognition'. It's not exactly a thin line. But I guess we live in an EXTREME culture where everything's gotta be all like EXTREME and over the top and huge. And this is where it gets you: Party hard? More like party without any orginality. Anyone who needs to get hammered to act goofy has serious issues.

THIS is why they should bring back VH1 Behind the Music.

HK, dangerously pure of chemicals.

News Credits: 42 · Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:13 am

Damn, that's harsh N_V.

I guess there are some you cant help no mater how hard you try, all you can do it carry on trying regardless.

Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:37 am

Wow, that is just terrible. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:47 am

I'm really sorry man. It's always a tragedy to lose someone you care about, espesially at such a relativly young age.

News Credits: 9 · Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:30 pm

Sorry to hear he didn't make it.

It's always hard to lose people who are close to you, and especially when it is due to the lifestyle choices they made.

Hang in there N_V, our thoughts are with you.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:28 pm

My deepest regards for your friend. I do hope he pulls through. Drinking has always been known to kill when it becomes an addiction.

News Credits: 12 · Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:59 pm

Blackstreak wrote:My deepest regards for your friend. I do hope he pulls through. Drinking has always been known to kill when it becomes an addiction.

How is he going to pull through? He died?

This is why I've always been afraid to drink in the first place. It's against my religion for one thing, but I've always been afraid of the stuff since I have a family history of angry drunks. I don't want to put anyone in danger because of something stupid I may do while under the influence.

Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:04 pm

my condolances Milky, I know you've tried but some people can't stop their habits no matter what happens..

News Credits: 668 · Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:08 pm

I'm terribly sorry for your loss, I hope he wasn't in too much suffering before the end.

What a horrible way to go.

This is another example of why I stopped drinking. I could've been that guy. There's a history of excessive drinking on both sides of my family, and my paternal grandfather drank himself to death. (Not to mention, he was an abusive, violent man.)

So with that in mind, plus I don't like how stupid I am when I'm drunk (which happens easily) I decided to kick the habit altogether. I haven't had a drink in three years and I will beat the hell out of myself if I get the thought to do so again.

I was blessed and fortunate to dodge that bullet before it was too late, and after seeing this, I'm so glad it ended on a positive note.

I don't think folks realize how easy it is to become alcoholic... but it can be as easy as breathing air.