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(13,924 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)again!
JuJuYoshida
(2,216 posts)machoneman
(4,010 posts)Dem forever
(79 posts)I gave up drinking a lot of wine 8 weeks ago. Sleep better and dont have to drive to get it. Wasnt as hard as I thought it might be. You never know until you try.
Is this April fools joke. Dont think this is a good idea if its not.
SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)sanitizer and such. Anything that's coming into the state he has no right to regulate the manufacture of. And we're talking about two different kinds of alcohol too. The kind you can drink, and the kind you disinfect your hands with. The processes to make both types of alcohol is different, e.g., you use yeast fermenting w/ fruit residue and the other alcohol, is made differently. Perhaps I'm missing something.
wood alcohol is methanol or methyl alcohol. It was originally made by the destructive distillation of wood in the absence of oxygen (pyrolysis). ethanol or ethly alcohol is usually derived by fermenting grain and then distilling out the alcohol. This alcohol is also drinkable as wine, beer, and distilled spirits.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,649 posts)exboyfil
(17,865 posts)Talk about suppressing my religious liberties.
LittleGirl
(8,291 posts)He will not be happy with that reaction.
Bless his heart.
They thought taking their guns away was forbidden?! Lol
Wait until they cant buy alcohol. Riots in the street. !
samnsara
(17,635 posts)IronLionZion
(45,525 posts)although a doctor did explain why alcohol sales are essential. If alcoholics go through withdrawal, they become very vulnerable for dying if they also catch COVID-19.
SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)and to my disbelief, they still allow her a drink or so. I didn't know this. I don't know if this is a good thing or not, but that's my older sister's judgment at play here, so I trust that she knows what she is doing. I hope younger alcoholic sister pulls through okay, it is s scourge (alcoholism).
monmouth4
(9,709 posts)up and took her back to his home, she was a chronic alcoholic. He took away all alcohol, she was dead within days.
SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)alcoholic) has been told too, that she is at end stage alcoholism. Not a good thing, but she doesn't listen. I hope for her own good that she does listen and act. The family has tried everything, and nothing seems to really take permanently. She slacks off, and then starts right back up.
I wish that she would get into AA, and she would get a sponsor, who can help her. Oh well, we can't force her. A truly gut wrenching and sad thing for our family.
monmouth4
(9,709 posts)welcomed and listened to. Someone needs to get tough with her, get her to meetings, 30 in 30 for beginners. I've been sober 20 years this May and life is so much better.
SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)they live at, perhaps one day she'll get the msg. and go to an AA meeting, and get started along on the process. My sister tries to put her foot down, but as to whether alcoholic sister will truly listen? We've all tried talking to her, even a special trip out to see her (she was in Seattle WA, I'm in STLMO), when her friends out there (including her husband) called me to try and convince her to seek help.
monmouth4
(9,709 posts)continues. My prayers will truly be with you all, much damage gets done and much is not redeemable.
SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)thoughts and prayers (seriously), no children impacted fortunately, just her two brothers and one sister. She does have a good soul, but the addict in her is too strong. My older sister has tried with all of her patience and might to deal w/ her, and even went out to Seattle (along w/ a long time friend of the my alcoholic sister) and helped her move back to MO.
But no help from the friend since the move. We were kind of hoping that perhaps the friend might know of resources and such (AA, etc.), but nothing. A disappointment. At least we got an apartment (and am wondering if she'll be able to live by herself, at least my older brother is somewhat close to her new place).
Again, thank you for your thoughts and prayers. I have dealt w/ alcoholics quite a bit (since my SO works in bars, restaurants, etc.) so we're somewhat used to it, but dealing w/ drunk family family members is even harder, it seems (the emotional links). But you can't get yourself into a lather, and get yourself into a place where you can't help anyone either, thus I reassure my older sister constantly, and give her advise and help when I can (and her husband does too).
monmouth4
(9,709 posts)IronLionZion
(45,525 posts)I had a friend die of alcoholism last fall and she was a mess for much of her life because she refused mental health treatment. AA didn't help. It helps some people, but others need supervision and treatment first.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)It will kill them. Their bodies have become so accustomed to the alcohol, that the ability of their internal organs to function without the alcohol are nil. You can ween a heroin junkie off their drug far quicker and easier than you can an alcoholic.
pecosbob
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(10,156 posts)I love that
underpants
(182,877 posts)I pulled an April fools on our conference call this morning.
flying rabbit
(4,636 posts)Phoenix61
(17,018 posts)any other drug. If physically dependent really needs to be medically supervised. Grand man seizure and death are one possible outcome if not correctly managed.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)👆
There are only 2 subsrtance cold turkeys that can be fatak: alcohol & benzos (xanax, valium, etc.)