Argh, I don't feel too good - Music Banter Music Banter

Go Back   Music Banter > Community Center > The Lounge
Register Blogging Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
Welcome to Music Banter Forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with over 70,000 other registered members. After you create your free account, you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 1,100,000 posts.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-05-2010, 06:57 PM   #51 (permalink)
Juicious Maximus III
 
Guybrush's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Scabb Island
Posts: 6,525
Default

What they should do, obviously, is go to a doctor with the problem and see if there's help to get. Not all can afford a clinic, but it should be possible to cut down and quit over time. Cutting down rather than cold turkey until you're off it being the basic idea to keep the withdrawal symptoms from getting too awful.

I can see what a challenge that must be, though, for someone so far into alcohol abuse. Still, years of being addicted to alcohol can really screw up your body, brain included. They should definetly do something about that.
__________________
Something Completely Different
Guybrush is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-06-2010, 09:38 AM   #52 (permalink)
NSW
Bigger and Better
 
NSW's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Texas girl living in the UK
Posts: 2,596
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by kayleigh. View Post
A friend of mines has a parent that's been an alcoholic for a large number of years and if their parent doesn't have any alcohol for a certain amount of time they have seizure, really really bad ones. It's resulted in many hospital trips and they banged their head off a few kerbs through having seizures in the street. It's pretty horrid.
My brother has this same problem, sort of. If he stops cold turkey, he seizes and has gotten into some bad spots before with this. It means he has to wean himself off...but once he's weaned he's not at risk of having seizures anymore. Unfortunately he keeps going back. Now at the age of 27 he already shows the beginning stages of liver failure.
__________________
Hi.
NSW is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-06-2010, 11:08 AM   #53 (permalink)
Nae wains, Great Danes.
 
FETCHER.'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Where how means why.
Posts: 3,621
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by nonsubmissivewife View Post
My brother has this same problem, sort of. If he stops cold turkey, he seizes and has gotten into some bad spots before with this. It means he has to wean himself off...but once he's weaned he's not at risk of having seizures anymore. Unfortunately he keeps going back. Now at the age of 27 he already shows the beginning stages of liver failure.
Oh god that's awful. My brothers only 27, it seems so young to experience something like that. My friends parent has damaged themselfs far too much for to benefit from coming off alcohol, which is why they haven't been to a rehabilitation center. It wouldn't benefit their life, and would cause more problems to them and the family, through constant supervision incase of the seizures, alcoholism is a horrid horrid thing. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy to be honest.
__________________


Quote:
Originally Posted by butthead aka 216 View Post
i havent i refuse to in fact. it triggers my ptsd from yrs ago when i thought my ex's anal beads were those edible candy necklaces
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Rez View Post
Keep it in your pants scottie.
FETCHER. is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-06-2010, 01:40 PM   #54 (permalink)
Music Addict
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 112
Default

I wouldn't want anyone to experience a guy in your living room suffering from alcohol addiction.

It's really horrible to see the way they drink every day and get closer and closer to losing their brains... bad thing about it is that they just won't give it up for anything in the world.
__________________
Acoustic Guitar

Paco De Lucia
bubu is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-06-2010, 02:50 PM   #55 (permalink)
Juicious Maximus III
 
Guybrush's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Scabb Island
Posts: 6,525
Default

To you who know alcoholics, how are they with alcohol? Do they drink a little every day or is it a lot? Are they often completely wasted?
__________________
Something Completely Different
Guybrush is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-06-2010, 03:02 PM   #56 (permalink)
Nae wains, Great Danes.
 
FETCHER.'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Where how means why.
Posts: 3,621
Default

I don't know how much they drink, but they never seem wasted, maybe its because they have a high tolerance for alcohol, but I've never seen any of the known alcoholics to be wasted. Which is sort of weird. Considering.
__________________


Quote:
Originally Posted by butthead aka 216 View Post
i havent i refuse to in fact. it triggers my ptsd from yrs ago when i thought my ex's anal beads were those edible candy necklaces
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Rez View Post
Keep it in your pants scottie.
FETCHER. is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-06-2010, 04:41 PM   #57 (permalink)
Seemingly Silenced
 
crash_override's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Everett, WA
Posts: 2,312
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by tore View Post
To you who know alcoholics, how are they with alcohol? Do they drink a little every day or is it a lot? Are they often completely wasted?
It's not so much that they want to get wasted every night or day. It's the fact that their body has developed a need for it, as is with most addictions. Even if a heavy alcoholic wants to go a week without drinking, his body does not agree.

I have one older friend in particular that drinks every single day, no question. Never missed a day the 5 years I've known him. He drinks anywhere between 12-24 American light beers per day. He doesn't act beligerent most of the time, but does end up pretty intoxicated by the end of the night. He does work, so he can afford to maintain his habit, which is equally as bad as it is good. This is by far the worst case of alcoholism I have ever encountered first hand. His body can physically not go a prolonged period of time without literally shutting down. He's in his mid 40's but looks early 60's, has had 9 DUI convictions to date, has done numerous stints in both detox centers and jail/prison and can never legally posess a drivers license or permit in a certain US state ever again. It's just unbelievable to me that alcohol has had such negative effects on his life and he has still never given up drinking.

I never thought someone could become that hardcore of an alcoholic from beer only, I was under the impression that alcoholics that bad off were heavy liqour drinkers. Overall, I think alcoholism is a battle between the body and the mind. The mind may not want to drink, but the body HAS to, and will power prevails.
__________________
My MB music journal

Quote:
Originally Posted by OBEY
"Never trust your own eyes, believe what you are told".
crash_override is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-06-2010, 04:53 PM   #58 (permalink)
NSW
Bigger and Better
 
NSW's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Texas girl living in the UK
Posts: 2,596
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by tore View Post
To you who know alcoholics, how are they with alcohol? Do they drink a little every day or is it a lot? Are they often completely wasted?
Supposedly, my brother started drinking at age 14. I don't know how true this is though, seems like it would be hard to get that past parents, at least MY parents. I would say at one time he was a "functioning alcoholic". Had to drink a few beers everyday, maybe a bit of hard liquor. Now he's progressed well beyond that, to the point where he won't be able to get out of bed for a week. We've found empty gallon jugs of vodka and other miscellaneous liquor in his room. He used to absolutely detest wine. Now he'll drink it straight outta the bottle in what seems like one swig. He even drank my mom's vanilla flavoring (she uses it for baking). Two huge bottles...gone.

The sad thing is, I truly believe he is miserable and wants to quit. That's why he just quits suddenly. One day he wakes up and decides he wants to stop...but his body can't handle that anymore. So the weaning process begins. After that rough period, he'll do great for 1 week, maybe 2...and then it's back off the wagon he falls. Someday the wagon's gonna run him over though.
__________________
Hi.
NSW is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-06-2010, 05:41 PM   #59 (permalink)
Account Disabled
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 2,773
Default

Arghh, I thought thee had the scurvy.

It be a foul disease.
Farfisa is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Similar Threads



© 2003-2024 Advameg, Inc.