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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was a long time ago, but my dad died from alcoholism.  The biggest thing I remember about the end is that he vomited a lot of blood and eventually started bleeding through every part of his body, including his pores.  By that point, he was in the hospital and they would clean him up every few hours and let us come in for like two minutes then send us away again.  [/quote]

This sounds awful, PP.  I'm sorry you had to go through it.[/quote]

Thank you.  I was a teenager at the time and had three younger siblings.  It was a bad time but a long time ago.  Oh, and a PP is right that you don't die from alcoholism, but there are so many complications.  One that my dad had was esophageal bleeding, hence the vomiting blood.

The thing about alcohol related deaths, especially in white collar families, is that even the healthcare providers won't actually come out and say it.  I think that helped my mom get through his death, but really it drove me crazy.  We lived with him and experienced the shame of having an alcoholic parent even if no one talked about it.[/quote]

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