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 can kill you in multiple ways. In the short term (I.e a binge):
– aspiration. Get drunk, vomit, aspirate and drown. Often involves other drugs
– do something stupid while drunk. Car accident, jump off a building, burn your house down, shoot yourself, etc..
Dying from chronic alcoholism (years and years)
– cirrhosis. Liver scars up and stops working, which causes a lot of issues including vomiting blood, ascites, nervous system issues, but this is usually a slower process. Also puts you at risk for acute liver failure from something like a tylenol over dose
– withdrawal seizures, can aspirate and die from these
– malnutrition. Most chronic alcoholics replace most other things they consume with alcohol, so they have serious vitamin deficiencies that exacerbate a lot of issues.
– congestive heart failure, suicide, not taking care of other health issues, etc…
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