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Sadly it`s not that uncommon,,it just doesn`t hit the media that much!!....All that we can all do is educate people re health,drinking and diet..and these days certainly in the UK THERE IS far more awareness as to diet and lifestyle and on the Television..during the ads there are MANY ads alerting people to take more interest in their health and not to avoid seeing their GP`S for anything which they may feel uncomfortable doing so..Dr`s and Nurses are non-judgemental ..and there to advise and help!!...(There is RARELY ANYTHING healthwise that a Dr and Nurse hasn`t come across MANY MANY TIMES BEFORE)!!....Sadly this young man couln`t take on the advice/help he`d been given..he`d already had liver disease @19 Years old...I`D BE very surprised if the medics/psychs hadn`t pulled out ALL stops to save him from his alcohol addiction!!

12 years ago. Rating: 13
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That is terrible. I dont think young people realize how dangerous alcohol is because it is legal. Many young people have died from alcohol-poisening. What a waste of life.

 

12 years ago. Rating: 12
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I knew two teenagers that drown in their own vomit from drinking to much. Sad, but it happens every day.

12 years ago. Rating: 10
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So sad. I'm glad my drinking isn't done in binges, it's on going.....lol

12 years ago. Rating: 9
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What a waste!  He should have limited his drinking to 12 beers per day.

12 years ago. Rating: 9
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So unnecessary and tragic.  When my youngest was 16, he got hold of a pint of vodka (and to this day I don't know WHERE). It was Wednesday and bowling night, but a couple of friends came by and I skipped bowling to fix dinner and visit. My son came through the back door behaving oddly, then fell on the floor.  We determined that he was drunk and questioned the friend's daughter about what the heck....   She brought the empty bottle and said he had downed the whole thing in less than ten minutes.  I called the local hospital (ten minutes away) and was told to bring him directly to the ambulance entrance.  Son sat between middle son and friend, who   held  a plastic bag for him to puke into (which he did, on the way).  
Long story short,   he had his stomach pumped out and was unconscious  for a couple of hours.  The blood test showed his BAL was .425 and rising.  .08 is legally drunk here. 
Had I gone to bowling and he'd have downed the vodka, he'd have passed out and I'd have thought he was asleep. He would have died.  
None of my sons drink much or often.  

12 years ago. Rating: 7
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Well the good in all of this is that they die happy.

12 years ago. Rating: 5
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