Justfor1

I just like to warn everyone of the dangers of drinking and being outdoors in the brutal cold. Alcohol messes with your blood circulation. After my most recent bender I received frostbite on my fingers that are still tingling from walking in 10degree weather. I was drunk and had lost my gloves and hat. Of course I didn't feel the cold as I was very drunk. I'm hoping I get feeling back in my fingers eventually. They didn't turn black or blue so I guess thats good. Just another consequence of alcoholism.

UniqueNewYork

Yeah people die every year passed out in the cold.. usually a few feet from someone's doorstep.. Good warning

yeahgr8

Makes me laugh when i see an old film with the old st bernard dog with the small brandy barrel hanging round its neck to the guy trapped in the snow...i remember that myth being busted when i was very young and my biology teacher saying that 9 times out of 10 it would kill the person not suddenly revive them back to full consciousness lol

Soberween

George McGovern's daughter Terry died of exposure while intoxicated just around the corner from her house. I read his book about his daughter. Quick read, but a very good book for the most part FYI.

ste

Yes, alcohol dialates the little blood vessels so your outside feels warm. The warm radiates to the air, and your core gets colder. Fishing buddies here like to drink as elsewhere, but they don't (in general) bring alcohol when ice fishing. Its actually frowned upon!

TheEnd

Alcohol for an alcoholic can be deadly anywhere.....

thisisme

Alcohol gives nothing and takes all.

CarolD

I do hope your going to improve soon...

A member of my first home group..who did not stay sober
froze to death during a snow storm.
Another member.. ..a D.C. cop...found him behind a liquor store
and said he had a bottle....must have passed passed out?