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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My brother died at age 50 of a heart attack while sleeping.  He worked that day, came home and fell asleep watching TV.  He was an alcoholic who quit drinking when he was 30 because an ER doctor told him he was killing himself.  (He had gone to the ER for stomach pains, repeatedly.)  Sober for 20 years but a lot of irreversible damage already done.  His first heart attack was at 45.

Our father died at age 66 of Korsokoff's syndrome.  He had quit drinking a few years earlier but was a lifelong alcoholic.  He got a nosebleed that wouldn't stop.  He lived alone and by the time someone checked on him he was almost dead.  He was in intensive care for a month.  He lived a few years after that but looked like he was 80 and acted like he had severe Alzheimers.  He died in the VA hospital while recovering from falling out of bed and breaking his hip.

Both became alcoholics in their twenties.  If you are a young adult and having a high old time drinking and partying, I suggest you are probably robbing yourself of a big chunk of your life later on.  Hope it's worth it.[/quote]

I’m sorry about your family members but neither of these sound like they were like they caused by alcohol. Especially your brother.[/quote]

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