Is being an alcoholic such a crime really?

Lee2k4 said:
I know I have a problem, but I just don't want to do anything about it. It has caused problems within my family by me pushing them away, I refuse help and so on. I can't hold a job down properly and If I don't drink I become Ill, and very aggressive. I really don't know if I want help with it to be honest with you.
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Next year, you could have a job and career to look forward to and you could be repairing relationships with family and friends if you give up. On the other hand... If you just keep drinking...

I recommend you get help
 
Lee2k4 said:
I know I have a problem, but I just don't want to do anything about it. It has caused problems within my family by me pushing them away, I refuse help and so on. I can't hold a job down properly and If I don't drink I become Ill, and very aggressive. I really don't know if I want help with it to be honest with you.
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Well then there's nothing anyone can say or do until you yourself want to get help. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but its as simple as that.

The reason you get ill by the way is due to your dependency on it, which in turn leaves you in a vicious circle of needing to drink to feel ok again, but its killing you slowly.

Your blood pressure isn't healthy by the way. Did you get offered a liver function test as well, or do they not know about your drinking?
 
Lee2k4 said:
They know about my drinking but I haven't had a liver test but that was something that the Doctor said they wanted to do.
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I'd advise you go and get it done, its easy enough to do, it will give you an idea of how well your liver is coping with your drinking. Might just shock you into doing something.
 
knip said:
What are they going to do, arrest you from the dead? :D

Its "wrong" in certain religions is probably what you are confusing it with.
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At one point if you failed in the attempt you could be prosecuted for trying to commit suicide but that was taken away by the Suicide Act of 1961 so it's not been in place for a very long time although the idea still persists that it's illegal for some reason. You can still get into trouble for helping someone attempt to end their own life though.
 
robotCocks said:
try having a mother, who you love with all your heart, being an alcoholic

try growing up around her addiction -the hidden bottles of vodka, putting her to bed when she was slaughtered, the mood swings, her drunken ramblings and rages, her telling you she doesn't love you one minute and then she loves you more than anything the next, having to make your own meals, her meals (and trying to get her to eat them), looking after your little brother because she's too drunk to care

try then watching her die slowly of terminal cirrosis of the liver when you were 19 years old, leaving you and your 13 year old brother without a mother

yep - that was/is me

i find the amount of ignorance in this thread offensive, frankly

none of you would be taking the **** if you were in my (or others like me) situation
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sorry to hear that, my friend - my father was pretty much the same, he's still alive, if you could call it that. He's got cancer, premature onset dementia, peripheral occlusive arterial disease, etc, etc (amazingly, no cirrhosis!). Inflicts a horrible toll on all who love him, friends and family alike.

The sad part was that he was a brilliant individual until he got started, he didn't drink until his mid-thirties, but wasted no time after that.

Alcoholism rarely affects just one person.
 
Energize said:
A general rule to keep in mind is that if the drug affects the GABA receptors then withdrawal can be fatal, pretty much every hypnotic drug falls into this category. Though there here are reported cases of death after opioid withdrawal in patients with other health problems.
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What do you mean by "hypnotic" drugs?
 
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