Quote:
Originally Posted by arista
"this illness,"
No sadly he choose to Drink himself to Death
|
That is not necessarily the case, any addiction is bad news for the addict,some things people,'yes people',become addicted to are in fact not that easy to get.
Alcohol is actually hard to escape from, all social occasions have it on offer, as has been pointed out MPs are able to get it virtually all day in their 'workplace'.
Walk into a supermarket and you will find displays of alcohol at almost every aisle and even right in front of you as you walk in the door with special displays and special offers as to it too.
It can be a nightmare for those with alcohol addiction,coming across all that and if something has triggered a downward spiral,then an alcoholic will relapse.
They wouldn't be alcoholics if relapsing wasn't a possibility.
It is easy to take the line, someone threw their life away,it is really hard for those with alcohol addiction to get 'real' ongoing help and also to have the right people and influences around them too.
Sadly, and even more of a nightmare, it can be that someone with an alcohol addiction has lost the very people they could really need in their lives due to that addiction.
That isn't something done voluntarily, in the main they cannot help themselves.
They don't want to die, they don't even think death may result.
You say coldly,he drank himself to death.
Maybe not so, he will have had liver damage and also other conditions possibly due to his past drinking.
The cause of death was said to be a major haemorrhage due to his alcoholism not because of a drinking binge.
That likely meant he probably did take a few drinks again but not necessarily a great number,which then caused him to suffer a major haemorrhage.
Such a haemorrhage can happen even if an alcoholic has stopped drinking,the damage is done, once the Liver gives up and pressure builds in the vessels of the liver, that is when such a dangerous or fatal haemorrhage can occur.
It isn't nice, it isn't painless and few would choose it knowingly to happen to them.
An addict cannot help themselves,they need support and masses of help.
Despite his alcoholism,this guy did loads for other people via his work.
It is very easy to kick people when they are down and judge them,I'd rather say more needs to be done to assist and really help addicts of whatever they may be addicted to.
Yes they need to help themselves too but that is far easier said than done,or for others to even understand unless they can really take on board how extremely hard it is to cope with addictions of any kind.
Anyone who has no addictions, should be really grateful for that,for those with addictions however, judgement and condemnation from those who haven't any,is no constructive use at all.