what do you die of if you die through alcohol abuse??????

[blushingm]

and is it true that alcoholism runs in families?

Usually some sort of liver damage -- cirhossis or cancer of I think.

(I am not a doctor.)

Don't know about yr second question, but I think addictive personalities run in families.

Liver damage - think George Best.

Some alcoholics die of malnutrition. Enough alcohol means the gut stops digesting nutrients properly.

agree with what wine says

liver damage or complications due to liver inifficiency

addictiveness (to something/anything) seems to be inherited

Or chronic pancreatitis?

It doesnt do your liver or your kidneys much good.

as for the families q- not sure, but looking at my mothers side of the family, I would say that they certainly find life difficult to cope with without alcohol.

are you worried about you or someone else?

any kind of organ failure or pancreatic problem or lkiver problem

my neoighbour died of alcohlism at christmas

she was in hospital for 3 months at the end

she went downhil pretty quick in the last two years from general heavy social drinker to completely lost the plot

My sister in law has just died of alcoholism, basically from neglecting her basic needs - malnutrition and dehydration, and associated kidney failure, liver failure,

Liver failure/Liver become cirrhosed so it cannot deal with normal functions that it did prior to damage
Bleeding oesophageal varices ie you vomit up blood(horrible way to go)
Encephalopathy (liver doesn't deal with breakdown products correctly and you get confused)
Lots of people have accidents when drunk and die this way ie sub-dural haemorrhage
Alcohol poisoning (less common) alcoholics are used to hight levels of alcohol within there system
Yes , it runs in families

There are several things possible for long-term, chronic illnesses.

Also short-term, my mother was an alcoholic for decades but it was acute alcohol poisoning that killed her. Basically she drank too much too quickly and her organs shut down one by one, she died within a couple of hours of drinking. The coroner said her blood alcohol was 8 times the legal limit for driving.

Just to reassure, it may run in families, but just because someones mum or dad was an alcolholic does not mena they will be, although thay may still have an addictive personality. Even addictive personalities don't always suffer from a harmful addiction.

I think it does run in families.

As tigana just because you have an addictive personality that you have inherited you could just be addicted to something like MN instead!

my brother had alcoholism
my parents didn't and neither my sister nor I do.
However, we have some GPs with gambling addictions etc
are you worried about anyone?

yes i'm addicted to MN
i used to be addicted to smoking

well i'll start from the beginning - it's easier........

my mum was a sahm tee total when i was little. when i was about 9 she went out to work and started drinking socially. She then started drinking at home. a glass of wine lead to a bottle lead to a box and then some gin. When i was last at home it was 2 wine boxes a day and a medium bottle of spirits i think (could have been more as she was very secretive). She would then go away on 'a conference' leaving us at home (dad had been thrown out by then. I was about 15 my big sis was in uni andmy brother was about 12. She used to 'flood' which she said was just heavy periods but she could stand up and 2 seconds later by in a puddle of blood. She got diagnosed with depression and was given valium and ad's. She used to down them with wine. Then her so called long distant boyfriend died and she just went out of control with it. She told her boss he couldn't find his dick even with a map, used to drink at work and eventually ended up losing her very well paid job. I moved out and got pg. When I was 8 months pg she was admitted to hospital she was yellow and her legs and arms were so thin but her tummy was all swollen. she told us it was a kidney infection but none of us believed her.
Any way she was discharged and went home. My brother found her on the bathroom floor unconsious - she reckons she just fainted. A bit later she accused a neighbour of raping her and stood outside his house shouting so got arrested. I haven't seen her for 6 years now. My brother sees her and said she only occasionally drinks but i don't believe her.
Can she go on or is she likely to get really ill. I don't want my children to see her of her tosee them but my brother thinks i should. I don't know what my brother should look out for ie that she's close to the end etc

i'm too afraid to drink incase i can't stop. my brother and sister are both quite heavy drinkers.......and could my kids end up like her....sorry i didn't know how much i'd written til i previewed

Liver failure or you bleed to death.

Can also cause pancreatitis that has a 10% death rate

Oh Blushinm, yes the swollen belly and yellow skin sounds like liver failure.
So her drinking has seriously affected her health.
She may well be seriously unwell, although drinkers can seem to go on for ages, perhaps you should do some things so that you feel you have seen her etc in case she gets worse.
How old are your DCs?

BM, have to go home now but will check in later on this thread

she told my sister her pancreas had a hard bit on it - she had a scan and my sister saw pancreas on the notes

she doesn't know mym sister told me - what is pancreatitis martianb

Have a look at this htread, there is some good family of alcoholics opinions there.

here

dd is 22 monyhs an on my lap hence the typos. DS is 6

i know i'd feel guilty if she goes but i can't fogive her for everything she's done. my brother can put that bit aside but i can't seem to....it's almost like she didn't care

thanks marmadukescarlett i'll have good read now

ask yourself if in years to come you would regret seeing her more than not doing. only you can know this.

my nana died of cirrhosis from drinking. the end was pretty sharp downturn... and the last few weeks in hospital she was so drugged up for the pain she couldnt really communicate.

i agree you should seek some help from family of alcoholics organisations (cant remember name) they can help you deal with this.

id say (and tis much easier to say than feel) that you ought not to feel guilty, theres nothing you could have done to stop her... nor should you feel it was an attack on you in some way - sounds like she v rapidly had no control over her addiction and it seems to have eaten her up. i feel for you. be kind to yourself.