Jim1958

I found out recently that an old friend passed away from alcohol. He drank so much when he was finally taken to the hospital the doctors told him his liver was gone and he would need a transplant. He did not get one and passed away. Another person I knew, the wife of a friend, drank herself to death as well. I know I can't drink anymore and I am lucky to have survived. My old friend, we drank and did drugs together back in the day. I had not talked to him in many years, so I had no idea he had gotten so bad and had passed away. It is a shocking reminder of the killing power of alcohol.

Austin4Wyo

Sorry for your loss.

I was told, plainly, in my second stint in inpatient:

One third get lasting recovery without relapses. One third will relapse once or more, but gain lasting recovery. One third will die due to their addiction.

I cannot speak to the veracity of those numbers. However, I don't fall in the first category, so it's 50/50 if I go back out. I don't like those odds, so I prefer to stay on this side.

Thanks for posting. These reminders are ALWAYS useful.

waywardson8260

Alcohol has killed a lot of people I know too way before their time. It is a killer and the main reason I decided I had to quit the alcohol.

Mklove

Yup, I watched it happen to a vibrant 36 year old. Not the way to go. So grateful to be sober, grateful for sobering reminders.

Dee74

I'm sorry for your loss Jim

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Winslow

Sorry for your loss Jim I really wish there would be more emphasis put on what a horrible drug alcohol is! We hear the dangers of crack, heroin, etc yet alcohol probably killsmore people and ruins more lives..we just don't hear about it as much

Notimetoloose

I am sorry for your loss...it is so sad.

MLD51

I know quite a few people who have died due to alcohol. Sometimes suddenly and catastrophically, sometimes slowly and painfully. Either way, dead is dead. Sorry for your loss, Jim, but thanks for the reminder that alcohol is a killer.

PeacefulRain

My sisters friend died last year from alcohol. He died a slow death from it. He was only 35. The night he died they all went out and got drunk

bluedog97

It took me realizing that alcohol was going to kill me. I continued to beat my head against the wall trying to control my drinking. It's sad that it takes so many lives. Thankful for SR being there always for help.

Andante

Talk about insanity... I saw a billboard the other day advertising a vodka as being "gluten-free"...

Sorry for your loss.

thomas11

When I joined one of the first questions I asked was if anyone on the forum knew anyone that died from alcohol. Boy, was I naive. I have since learned it is absolutely not a joke.

FreedomHorse

Sorry to hear about this Jim1958, but thank you for the reminder of how serious this is.

MIRecovery

You do not have to be in the recovery community very long before you find yourself walking among the tombstones. Alcohol splits you off from the heard and then kills you

Michelle644

So sorry for your loss, Jim. Thanks for the reminder.

saoutchik

Jim, I am sorry to read of the death of your friend.

Those four words in the title of this thread should be on every bottle of the stuff. It took someone who lived near me (I did not know the person, it was in the local paper) at age 22

enfinthechange

So Sorry for your loss.....I lost an old.friend aged.49 last year to alcohol... he thought he was immune, all special brew and triple rums.... everyday... his liver packed in. Horribly and slowly and traumatically for everyone. ... even though I hadn't seen him for years I was gutted, talented musician too.... I still drank though. ... how stupid. No more. .. thanks for reminding me.

Mklove

I have been asked how I could quit so suddenly one day. I had never thought of quitting, I liked drinking just fine. Seeing her in hospice, jaundiced and already gone was the saddest, most awful thing ever. Liquor holds no appeal. Grateful for all of you. Grateful to be sober.

Delilah1

Hi Jim,

I am so sorry for your loss. You, and the family if your friend are in my prayers.

Forward12

I remember meeting the singer of a smaller band a few years ago that was bright yellow from jaundice. I got a photo with him and the color difference was really shocking, he ended up dying from liver failure about at 41.
Also a friend of a friend ended up violently puking blood and was rushed to the hospital where they found he had cirrhosis and needed a transplant to live. He was literally on death's door when a liver came in and he seems to be ok now, but just hearing about that experience would scare the crap out of anyone, and he was only in his late 30's.