Cowgirlie ~
I always appreciate your Posts, and hope to provide a lil perspective here...
Alcohol can act as a Blood Thinner. So, 'simple' Bruises and Injuries ramp up in severity. See the Link below.
The Denver Newspaper did a Sunday Profile some years back on Crime Scene Clean-up Specialists. A growing Business, apparently. One graphic example was how this Gent had to charge much more for Gunshot-based Suicides involving Alcohol. Thinned-out Blood caused a dispensed 'Spray' that made his Job much more painstaking.
As I say about myself: 'Why do something Half-Azzed when you can do it Full-Azzed'? Besides the usual 'Headers' - falls where I busted myself up quite comprehensively - I didn't mess around when I took my worst Fall in an RV.
We rented a small RV and cruised up the California Coast. At this gorgeous, secluded Campground tucked back up a Canyon, we set up. I got my usual excessive Buzz On. I slept up over the Driver's area. While crawling down the 'Ship's Ladder' for a midnight Whiz, I slipped. I caught my Calf on this wicked sharp edge of Masonite at the top of the Dinette Booth. Ripped open a Leg Artery. As I was stumbling around in the dark, my bare feet were sticking to the Linoleum. I flicked on a small Light to see that I was stuck in a pool of Blood about the diameter of a Family-size Pizza. Tough to stop the flow of thinned-out Blood. I'm guessing I lost ~20% of my Blood. Any sort of Medical Care was quite some distance away, and in a small Town/Village. No Cellphone Service. My Wife could not easily have driven the RV even if she could have gotten it packed up in darkness.
Got some wet Rags, and cleaned up this lil Horror Movie mess I'd made while the Wife + our Pooch slept in the main rear Bed. This near-miss was but a Data Point for this Addict, but not yet my final Wake-Up Call.
A former Work Pal sobered up for 2 years. He broke Sobriety, and downed 750 ml of Gin one night when he was mentally re-visiting his Father's Death; one he never processed emotionally. My Pal died.
According to the National Institute of Health [NIH] Guidelines, 750 ml of Wine - the usual Bottle - contains 5 - 5 Ounce Servings. Downing 4 such Servings in ~2 hours constitutes 'Binge' Drinking. By definition, 'Binge'
is occasional. Read below how this consumption level still thins Blood.
I hope you find yourself ready.
Alcohol Can Act As A 'Blood Thinner'
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