Dh drank a whole bottle of whiskey

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Seriously a whole bottle of Jameson.
Now dh is a good bloke, works his ass off in his own company, hands on dad, looks after us the best he can. He's got SADS, does every winter. He's upped his sertraline as recommended so waiting for that to take effect.
I took the little ones to bed last night and slept all night with them, he drank a whole bottle of whiskey. He didn't cause any trouble or anything you might expect from someone drinking that amount, wasn't sick or anything but couldn't get into bed as his head was spinning so slept downstairs. I've come down this morning and the whole bottle is gone.
Aibu or will this not fuck his liver ?! He's currently in bed dying, has work in a bit. Can't help but feel a little smug and so fucking grateful I don't feel how he does !!

Yoiks. Are you at home today? I’d keep a close eye on him. No paracetamol, lots of liquids.

Hope he isn’t driving anywhere

Depending upon the size of bottle and how much mixing of this he does with medication, your 'dying' joke might not be far off the mark.

As a one off I can't see it being a problem (my mum was a drinker, 3 wine boxes plus a bottle of gin a night)

Don't make him feel guilty or be smug (🙄😔) when you know he's already depressed - he will be making himself feel bad enough.

Lots of water to drink

are you sure it was full to begin with?

Also why would he not have paracetamol?

This is incredibly dangerous. It could literally have killed him.
And is a big red flag for a drink problem. How much does he normally drink?

He probably should speak to the GP and try to get a blood test to check he hasn't permanently damaged his liver.

And as others have said, he definitely cannot drive until tomorrow

Don't let him drive today, he'll still be over the limit for a while. Is he rousable?

I know you listed the work stress and sads but why did he drink a bottle of whiskey alone? He needs help. If he will, he should go back to the gp and tell them about this. He needs better antidepressants, better help for the sads (test his vitamin d? Get a sad light?), or some talking therapy?

Also just to say just because he survived it doesn't mean it hasn't caused long term damage

Plenty of fluids to flush it out of his system and rehydrate.

Obviously it isn't good, dangerous in fact. However if it isn't a regular occurrence and he is struggling mentally I can see how it might be easy to just keep going and not really realise the volume you've drank. Doesn't necessarily make him an alcoholic as a one off but I'd be seriously monitoring his drinking habits going forward.

I think I’d consider taking him to the hospital for a physical and mental health check up after this one. I’d be deeply concerned about this. If he has SAD and is on meds, he doesn’t need another bloody depressant. If that’s not his normal coping mechanism, what the hell was he hoping to achieve with this behaviour>

Having recently watched a documentary about alcohol and drinking this could cause some damage to his liver.

I'd suggest that he talks to someone, does he open up to you at all?

Also, shouldn't he be avoiding alcohol whilst in sertraline? I think there's a bigger picture here.

3 wine boxes😟 isn't that 3 bottles of wine?

His liver is already working overtime. I’d avoid any painkillers tbh, lots of liquid and sugar and rest.

All he needs to do is keep hydrated and alcohol free, ideally for a month, plenty of protein, fruit and veg. I finish off a bottle of Baileys. I used to go for my over 55 check in January. They've had to move it to March because you could tell in my bloods that I'd drank my body weight (plus the bus and other passengers weight) in Aldi's Baileys. Two months later, I'm fine. You'll get ridiculous answers on here, but, although it needs to be discussed, there'll be do lasting damage.

Because that amount of alcohol will have put so much strain on his liver, that his body wouod struggle to process the paracetamol and it would cause further liver damage. Shouldn't really have paracetamol until alcohol has cleared the system, which it usually does at 1 unit per hour. For example, if had 4 double shots in an evening, finished drinking at 11, then shouldn't take paracetamol until 7am the next day.
A litre bottle of whisky would contain around 40 shots I think, so he shouldn't take paracetamol until 40 hours after finished drinking.

I do feel a little guilty about saying smug ! Not smug just glad I don't feel that way...
no he doesn't normally drink this much. I know it's because of how down he is atm.
He won't be driving today his lad will be luckily.
Whiskey is his tipple, but obviously not normally a bottle

I've taken up some of those rehydration tablets in some water

Was it a full sized bottle? Was it full to begin with? Does he normally drink? How much? Is he a big bloke or skinny?

He could actually be in serious danger from alcohol poisoning right now. Have a read of the NHS symptoms and use your best judgement

www.nhs.uk/conditions/alcohol-poisoning/

I’m surprised at your reaction. Smug? Really? You write like you’re amused. If my husband downed a bottle of whiskey I’d be deeply concerned, he clearly has a huge tolerance to alcohol so is a heavy drinker in the first place. No one who is a moderate drinker could do that.

Was just about to ask if there was a back story to you feeling smug as it sounded pretty harsh. Hopefully it just came across badly!

Has he done this before? I’d be contacting the GP for advice

The liver heals itself. He can ask for bloods from his GP, but I've known heavy drinkers who drink similar and whose liver function went quite quickly back to normal. My Dad was in the Merchant Navy and they'd binge drink between ships.

so 9 bottles of wine plus gin a night?!!!
How on earth did she survive the first night doing that?!

Are you sure it was full? What size was the bottle? Litre, half litre, quarter?

plenty of fluids today. If he can manage it, a rehydration sachet. Vile, but a cup of bovril will have the same effect when replacing salts.

Then when he feels better, a serious sit down conversation about what’s going on.

All that plus the gin?

Op it's a lot