kkattastic
Bluelighter
Yesterday we buried my uncle-he died from liver failure after many years of heavy drinking
never really knew the guy as every time we would go to see my aunt and my cousins,he was off down the pub-even on christmas day when we visited
It is a horrible way to die-slowly and painfully
just to make it even more traumatic,we had to open up the grave of my cousin(his son)to bury them together
he(the cousin) had been 18 when he died 11 years ago-had been sitting on his driveway in a car talking to a mate when two drivers racing their cars from one pub to the next came by-one guy lost control and demolished a bus shelter before ending up embedded into my 18yr old cousin.
The whole event was very strained as there is a lot of in-fighting between all the different families.
I was only really upset because of reopening the grave and having to remember the kid and his awful death.
More than any of the people involved,whether drink-driving or drinking yourself to death-I can't help but blame alcohol.It is a deadly and costs this country a fortune-A&E on a fri/sat night is just rammed with drunks-as is the police station.You don't see many drug admissions-Gear ODs only requite a narcan jab which can be done and usually is done by paramedics at the scene-other drugs have their own dangers but alcohol is by far the most costly incidence for the NHS-whether it be drunks in A&E or chronic drinkers in clinics waiting and hoping for someone prepared to not pickle their own liver and offer it for someone else to use to save their life.I have heard it said here before and I know a lot of yous enjoy a can or 2 and I too have a few wines on the weekend,but it is nuts how it is fine to advertise alcohol openly-and the whole culture here promotes alcohol.At christmas time and your place of employment arranges a night out drinking-or you visit a relative and they all offer you alcoholic drinks-binge drinking(what we used to call getting pissed/lashed),comes into it's own at christmas.Advertised on TV,billboards-everywhere-there is no escape and I always think it must be so hard to try and quit drinking if you are dependent-you only have to nip to your corner shop for some milk for your cuppa and it is there,pushed right into your face.The demon drink is a plague on this country and (sorry if this sounds racist) IMO one of the few things the muslim law has right.
never really knew the guy as every time we would go to see my aunt and my cousins,he was off down the pub-even on christmas day when we visited
It is a horrible way to die-slowly and painfully
just to make it even more traumatic,we had to open up the grave of my cousin(his son)to bury them together
he(the cousin) had been 18 when he died 11 years ago-had been sitting on his driveway in a car talking to a mate when two drivers racing their cars from one pub to the next came by-one guy lost control and demolished a bus shelter before ending up embedded into my 18yr old cousin.
The whole event was very strained as there is a lot of in-fighting between all the different families.
I was only really upset because of reopening the grave and having to remember the kid and his awful death.
More than any of the people involved,whether drink-driving or drinking yourself to death-I can't help but blame alcohol.It is a deadly and costs this country a fortune-A&E on a fri/sat night is just rammed with drunks-as is the police station.You don't see many drug admissions-Gear ODs only requite a narcan jab which can be done and usually is done by paramedics at the scene-other drugs have their own dangers but alcohol is by far the most costly incidence for the NHS-whether it be drunks in A&E or chronic drinkers in clinics waiting and hoping for someone prepared to not pickle their own liver and offer it for someone else to use to save their life.I have heard it said here before and I know a lot of yous enjoy a can or 2 and I too have a few wines on the weekend,but it is nuts how it is fine to advertise alcohol openly-and the whole culture here promotes alcohol.At christmas time and your place of employment arranges a night out drinking-or you visit a relative and they all offer you alcoholic drinks-binge drinking(what we used to call getting pissed/lashed),comes into it's own at christmas.Advertised on TV,billboards-everywhere-there is no escape and I always think it must be so hard to try and quit drinking if you are dependent-you only have to nip to your corner shop for some milk for your cuppa and it is there,pushed right into your face.The demon drink is a plague on this country and (sorry if this sounds racist) IMO one of the few things the muslim law has right.