My Mother Took Her Last Drink, and Her Last Drink Took Her Life.
the girl can't help it
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: splendraville
Posts: 5,599
Tay-Lyn
I am so sorry you are going thru this. I am glad though that you were able to come here and talk about your feelings. Keep posting if you can and whatever you do try not to drink.
I am so sorry you are going thru this. I am glad though that you were able to come here and talk about your feelings. Keep posting if you can and whatever you do try not to drink.
Cruelty-Free
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Body: South Florida Heart: Yosemite National Park
Posts: 914
Tay, I can't begin to imagine the depth of the pain you must be feeling...
My hope is that your recovery will lift you from those depths to a place of healing. Please stay close to those who can support you right now.
I wish you peace...
NCP
My hope is that your recovery will lift you from those depths to a place of healing. Please stay close to those who can support you right now.
I wish you peace...
NCP
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 60
Tay,
like everyone else I send you my prayers and support and love.
THANKYOU for posting and being honest. It's honesty like that that will help your own chemical system stay in check and help your baby. Don't try to ignore the feelings....POST and get support...that will help soothe any stress hormones and therefore protect your little one.
Blessings to you and all your dear ones...including your mum,
GGxxxx
like everyone else I send you my prayers and support and love.
THANKYOU for posting and being honest. It's honesty like that that will help your own chemical system stay in check and help your baby. Don't try to ignore the feelings....POST and get support...that will help soothe any stress hormones and therefore protect your little one.
Blessings to you and all your dear ones...including your mum,
GGxxxx
bona fido dog-lover
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SF Bay area, CA
Posts: 99,784
Tay, I'm so sorry for this. You've given me a wake up call. I'm 56 and have been drinking for just a year but it's taken over my whole life. I've been to rehab twice in the last two months but still have trouble stopping. Now I hve new incentive to quit. I don't want my daughters posting the same as you did. I'm sorry for you and your mom. I will try harder not to drink today.:ghug3
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 31,179
((((Tay)))
Sending you and your family hugs and prayers. I'm glad you came here and posted. I know when my uncle died, I posted about it. I had a long, long drive to MN for his funeral and I felt all the prayers from my friends, f2f and SR, surrounding me.
Amy
Sending you and your family hugs and prayers. I'm glad you came here and posted. I know when my uncle died, I posted about it. I had a long, long drive to MN for his funeral and I felt all the prayers from my friends, f2f and SR, surrounding me.
Amy
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: north texas
Posts: 38
I am so sorry. Almost the exact same thing happened to my grandfather who had been an alcoholic for >40 years. He was drunk, as always, fell off a hay loft, had a brain bleed, was in a coma, and died. However, what we found out soon after his death, from a hospice nurse, which was later confirmed by a physician, was that it probably wasn't the brain bleed or the coma that killed him because the bleed was fixed, EEG and MRI looked great for someone in his state, and there was no edema. He was stable after surgery, and seemed to be improving the day after, but then, all of a sudden, he just started going down hill and quickly died. According to an internal medicine specialist, even though he was in a coma, his body and brain were going through severe alcohol withdrawals. In his already weakened state, that is what most likely killed him. They said that people with alcohol dependence have to have an IV of ethanol to reduce the withdrawals, or they can, and often do, die from it.
If she has any hope of recovery, I would make sure they put her on an ethanol drip in her IV or they start her on alcohol withdrawal treatment ASAP. The withdrawals from alcohol can be very deadly if alcohol is withdrawn and withheld without tapering or benzodizapine treatment to activate the NMDA and GABAA-benzodiazepine receptor complex. Alcohol affects autonomic functions, which can completely collapse due to alcohol withdrawal. For someone in such a weak state, especially in a coma and after an injury, this can be exceptionally fatal.
I wish you luck and all the best. We will be praying for you.
If she has any hope of recovery, I would make sure they put her on an ethanol drip in her IV or they start her on alcohol withdrawal treatment ASAP. The withdrawals from alcohol can be very deadly if alcohol is withdrawn and withheld without tapering or benzodizapine treatment to activate the NMDA and GABAA-benzodiazepine receptor complex. Alcohol affects autonomic functions, which can completely collapse due to alcohol withdrawal. For someone in such a weak state, especially in a coma and after an injury, this can be exceptionally fatal.
I wish you luck and all the best. We will be praying for you.
get it, give it, grow in it
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Calif coast
Posts: 3,167
(((((((Tay))))))) SO VERY SORRY, that this disease has had horrible conseq. for your mom.
This is the fear we have and it is a real one.
Stay away from woulda, coulda and shoulda.
When you feel like it maybe you can share with us some of the parts of your mom besides the alcoholic.
My hearts aches for you dear. Your family is in my Prays.
This is the fear we have and it is a real one.
Stay away from woulda, coulda and shoulda.
When you feel like it maybe you can share with us some of the parts of your mom besides the alcoholic.
My hearts aches for you dear. Your family is in my Prays.
Last edited by Spiritual Seeker; 03-12-2008 at 02:19 PM. Reason: spell
No more merlot, more mamma
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Hills, Ct
Posts: 2,139
Tay,
Thinking of you and your family..please take care of yourself.
This all sounds waay to familiar for me..I lost my alcoholic mom in a similar way 11 years ago when she was 57.
My heart breaks for you. Know that our prayers are with you.
Karen
Thinking of you and your family..please take care of yourself.
This all sounds waay to familiar for me..I lost my alcoholic mom in a similar way 11 years ago when she was 57.
My heart breaks for you. Know that our prayers are with you.
Karen
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