Anonymous wrote:My uncle died of this. His heart basically gave out one day. His urine had been black for about two weeks, and he was going less and less. He just laid on the couch. He turned very yellow. One day he had chest pains and his wife took him to the hospital, he died before they could get him out of the car. His heart just died. My uncle was put on a list for a liver transplant. He gave up drinking for six months. He got the call that one was available. He had to be honest with the dr. that he was going to start drinking again with the new liver, and he decided to pass on the transplant so that someone else could have it. He died two months later. Even though he had gone six months without, he couldn't imagine living without alcohol forever. So sad.

Anonymous wrote:My Aunt died of alcoholism. She decided to go cold turkey and ended up in the hospital. She seemed to get better, but then succumbed. This is after several decades of heavy drinking, yellow eyes, liver failure, etc. I'm at least glad that she was almost pain-free at the end, but she left behind young adult children who will have pain for the rest of their lives.

Anonymous wrote:This all sounds horrible.

How much alcohol, over how long a period, would someone have to drink to get to this point?

I worry about my own alcohol consumption sometimes. About two or three times a week I will have around 2 glasses of wine, sometimes 3 glasses. So, typically I'm drinking anywhere from 4-9 glasses a week.

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Anonymous wrote:My sister died of alcoholism about a year ago and it is very painful. I concur with a previous poster that not talking about why she died makes it much worse. She had abused alcohol and drugs (heroin) for most of her life and had gotten sober 5 or 6 times for years at a time, but then would fall back into it. She kept it all very secret. Before she died we didn't even know she was really sick, she just kept saying that she wasn't feeling well. We got a call one day that her friend had found her unconscious in her apartment. She was taken to the hospital. I went to see her and she was extremely yellow and on a respirator. The next day she died. She must have been really sick to die so suddenly, but my family and i had no idea she was so far gone. She had a very difficult life and I was pretty sure she was going to die young, but I was close to her and I am extremely sad about it.

OH MY. Thank you so much for your post. It was very heart felt and touched me. My sister who was only 45 just died a week ago and I am trying to just deal with this on a daily basis. I am not sure exactly what happened but I was told that her body just shut down. She had blood coming out of her mouth and nose and turned blue immediately. Thank God I am two years sober myself. I almost went the same way. I just can't believe she has passed.

NP here. It sounds like ruptured esophageal varices based on your description. Know that it was a quick death, OP and may you find comfort in your good memories.