I have had friends/family who have passed away from long term use, or one day they just didn’t wake up after a night of drinking =[. Wtf is going on?
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There are several ways alcohol/alcoholism can kill you.
1. Overdose – it’s a depressant and you can stop breathing or pass out and lose your cough reflex so you vomit and drown in it or develop a severe lung infection and possibly die from that. Especially true if it’s mixed with drugs/meds that magnify alcohol’s effects.
2. Accidents/falls/injuries while intoxicated.
3. Withdrawal – sudden withdrawal in a severe alcoholic can cause a severe, long-lasting seizure which can kill you.
4. Chronic liver damage leads to inability to clear toxins from the body, particularly ammonia, and this can lead to coma and death.
5. Chronic liver damage leads to high blood pressure in the veins of your throat and stomach (and other places) which leads to increased risk of severe bleeding and vomiting/pooping blood to death.
6. Chronic liver damage can lead to a build up of fluid in the abdomen called ascites and this can spontaneously become infected and you can die from that.
7. Chronic liver damage can lead to kidney damage, and that causes problems with clearing waste, excess fluids, and electrolyte imbalance (especially potassium) and you can die from any of those.
Those are probably the more common ways, but there are others too.
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