the mechanics of drinking yourself to death

Question

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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Answer 1

Yes.

This can be “acute” alcohol toxicity where massive ethanol poisoning simply disrupts your nervous system so severely that you stop breathing, or it can be “chronic” toxicity where you destroy your liver, guts, and brain with constant alcohol abuse until some secondary organ failure kills you.