the mechanics of drinking yourself to death

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You hear this sometimes “oh Jimmy? Yeah he drank himself to death after his wife died” But this actually possible? Does the body reach a point where it can’t process alcohol at a certain point?

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The basic thing to understand is that, when you consume ethanol/alcohol: You are dosing yourself with a non-lethal dose of poison.

Ethanol is a poisonous substance that is damaging to you. Period.

If you drink alcohol faster than your liver & kidneys can filter it out of your blood, you will eventually die of acute alcohol poisoning; it’s just a matter of time…

Unless you pass out first, but that’s beside the point

Ontop of that, being a poison, Alcohol can cause problems by simply existing inside of you for a prolonged period of time. Things like cirrhosis, and brain damage, progressively worsen over time; there’s a reason your body tries to get it out

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