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Athena · Aug 29, 2005, 01:48 pm

The morning news went into some detail about teen drinking and deaths caused by alcohol posioning. This is intended to be purely informational, because these deaths are so easily prevented. The problem comes with not just getting drunk, but continuing to drink way beyond the point of being high. Literally the brain starts shutting down, and medical treatment is vital immediately. Do not leave an excessively drunk person alone to sleep it off.

Alcohol poisoning has always happened. Young children are especially vulnerable to alochol poisoning, and the old practice using whiskey to sooth a baby's gums is not a good idea. Little kids drinking beer is not cute, it is dangerous. The problem for teens who have achieced adult size is, excess. In a competitive spirit they are just drinking too much at one time, unaware that this one time can be the end of their lives.

Beyond this, the brain is still developing until a person is 21. Addiction is much more likely when young people drink to get drunk or use other drugs. The drunk is not temporary but literally changes the normal development of the brain. Please, this is ugly! I cared for a severely brain damaged women, who literately died from alcohol poisoning and was recessitate. Now she can not remember who is she, who her husband is, where she lives, or what happened 5 minutes before. For the rest of her life, she will be a basket case needing constant supervision, and because her drinking started in her teens, she has no life. She has spent most of her life enslaved by the bottle, wanting nothing more than to drink herself unconscious.

Using addictive substances is not a freedom, is it a path to enslavement that can steal a person's life. If you want to take this risk, I can understand, but please, stop at getting high, and don't drink yourself to death in one night. Most of us are lucky enough to pass out before excessive alcohol poisoning, failing to pass out and continusing to drink can mean death. Don't walk away from someone who drank to this point.

tman_ndsu08 · Aug 29, 2005, 07:56 pm

Ok....

thanks mom....

Aug 29, 2005, 01:48 pm	#1 (permalink) (top)
Athena Volcanic Erupter Location: Oregon Posts: 5,174	Alcohol poisoning The morning news went into some detail about teen drinking and deaths caused by alcohol posioning. This is intended to be purely informational, because these deaths are so easily prevented. The problem comes with not just getting drunk, but continuing to drink way beyond the point of being high. Literally the brain starts shutting down, and medical treatment is vital immediately. Do not leave an excessively drunk person alone to sleep it off. Alcohol poisoning has always happened. Young children are especially vulnerable to alochol poisoning, and the old practice using whiskey to sooth a baby's gums is not a good idea. Little kids drinking beer is not cute, it is dangerous. The problem for teens who have achieced adult size is, excess. In a competitive spirit they are just drinking too much at one time, unaware that this one time can be the end of their lives. Beyond this, the brain is still developing until a person is 21. Addiction is much more likely when young people drink to get drunk or use other drugs. The drunk is not temporary but literally changes the normal development of the brain. Please, this is ugly! I cared for a severely brain damaged women, who literately died from alcohol poisoning and was recessitate. Now she can not remember who is she, who her husband is, where she lives, or what happened 5 minutes before. For the rest of her life, she will be a basket case needing constant supervision, and because her drinking started in her teens, she has no life. She has spent most of her life enslaved by the bottle, wanting nothing more than to drink herself unconscious. Using addictive substances is not a freedom, is it a path to enslavement that can steal a person's life. If you want to take this risk, I can understand, but please, stop at getting high, and don't drink yourself to death in one night. Most of us are lucky enough to pass out before excessive alcohol poisoning, failing to pass out and continusing to drink can mean death. Don't walk away from someone who drank to this point.

Aug 29, 2005, 07:56 pm	#2 (permalink) (top)
tman_ndsu08 BANNED Posts: 5,021	Ok.... thanks mom....