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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Alcohol will probably have a greater impact on gen x than even fentanyl. You can drink heavy from age 25 to 35 then stop and go straight edge for the next twenty years and by age 55 you get early onset dementia from the alcohol abuse twenty years prior.
My parents are in their 70’s. Mom had to be resuscitated when she was born, has always been a little dingy but she doesn’t drink and she’s aging gracefully. My dad gets a twinkle in his eyes when it is 4:30, martini time. He never shows signs of drunkenness and is super charming. My dads always been in his own world, slightly on the self important, narcissism scale but is super kind, generous and has plenty of charm to mask his faults. This last decade the mask has worn thin and he’s losing his wit to cover his temper. Nothing would convince him he’s in poor health. My worry is that even quitting drinking now won’t stop the slide into dementia land.
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