Hi keepitsimple. Thanks for sharing and glad you're okay. Would have given Mum a fright yeah. Alcohol abuse can lead to many illnesses and sometimes the effects of long term abuse won't be seen for years to come.
Being a nurses aide, you're in a line of work I hold dear to my heart. Spent a while at hospital undergoing chemo and I'm grateful for the nurses care and support. Take care of yourself SO you can be one of those special angels in this fellowship of life helping others to heal.

Wow I did not know this could happen.

It is strange that adverse symptoms and reactions to drinking alcohol can never frighten anyone enough off touching the stuff again for long, if they are alcoholic. That all too often demonstrates the destructive power of the mental obession.

Hopefully you are not an alcoholic nor will you be planning to drink to that extent again. You don't say.

Thanks for the information.

they say what Gailly said in the big book....that even when we have had life threatening incidents it does not over come the obsession of the mind an alcoholic has toward drinking....

I am thankful I stopped drinking before they decided I am diabetic...alcohol becomes pure sugars in the blood stream which to me now are poison....I never need to drink again thanks to AA my HP and friends who care about me.....

hugs bill

the next thing is a bleeding in your esophagus adding fear to your life again......unless you chose to keep the plug in the jug

Alcohol does terrible things to us. Let me tell ya....
My first rehab, I had got caught drinking at work so to save my job off I went. It looked too easy to stop drinking (so I thought) and I was not ready. You all were alcoholics, not me! I stayed sober 6 months and picked up New Years Eve 1996/97.
By May, I was in a wheelchair..34 years old..After a 3 or 4 day binge locked in my house because I had a fight with my boyfriend or something or someone pissed me off.
I get up take a shower & driver over to my parents ..I start to feel dizzy...sweating and want to pull over. That's the last thing I remember..I passed out, crossed the road & hit a tree head on.
The floor board came up and crushed my legs & feet. I scalped my head on something (steering wheel..rearview mirror). Helicoptered to trauma center..
Lots after that....I had 18 operations on my legs and feet (Thank God they saved them & me).
I'm full of rods& screws and disabled for life. Had to learn to walk again.
Anyway, I still drank for 8 more years. Drove drunk with 1 eye closed & my wheelchair in the back of the car..
I had to go through everything I went through in order to get to where I am now.
God wasn't ready for me then, wasn't my time to get sober.
I now believe he saved me to help my parents die comfortbly.Which I got to take care of each of them till they passed.
and....to help another alcoholic.....
That's it...in a nut shell :)

Tilly, I am saddened to hear of what you went though but I am glad you are willing to share your story here.

Yet another example of where this mix of physical allergy, mental obsession and spiritual malady can take a person.

Yet you recovered with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous.

If this is not a story of hope that recovery can be found no matter how bad it gets, I don't know what is.

Thanks, just posted the story again in a new subject...
I'm still being treated for arthritis, damage to my spine, etc....
All with no pain meds....So far....I swim daily, get injections, ride bike , etc.....

Thank you all for your support. I really appreciate every bit of it. I am deciding to whether or not I want to drink again. I am taking this one day at a time. Today, I am not drinking.

I never knew that hypoglycemia could happen if you drink too much. I guess it makes sense when you think about the role that the liver and pancreas play in maintaining glucose levels in your body.

When we drink excessively we really are poisoning ourselves. I've known that intellectually for years, but either it didn't sink in or didn't matter for a long time.

Tilly, sounds like you might have been hypoglycemic when you had your car crash?

Thanks for sharing this -- it is good to know.

Well, Keepit simple..You go and try some more drinking ...Have you read peoples stories?
You'll want it when you want it..Hope it's not too late! You're young and have your whole life in front of you. Sure could save yourself a lot of misery.
But you won't listen till you need to...
God Bless & Good luck!

Wow thanks for sharing that. And that wasnt enough to make you want to stop? I guess I am not really surprised. A DUI wasnt enough to get my friend to stop. Hosting a party in my early 20's and a friend who was drinking with us leaving and killing a father of 3 by crossing over the dividing line and slamming into his motorcycle wasnt enough to wake *me* up to the huge consequences of alcohol. No I had to experiment for another 15 years. Anyway I hope that's the worst that ever happens to you. I hope you find peace.
I thank you again for sharing. Its a great reminder to those of us who are trying to stay sober on a daily basis.