Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

Question by Dimitra L: My sister has passed away august 23rd and im having a difficult time getting over it. Any suggestions?
My sister and I are 14 yrs apart and we were inseparable. She was my big sister and i looked up to her. She Died from alcoholism and i was with her when she took her last breathe. I’m having a very har time trying to get passed the fact that she is actually gone.

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Answer by Courtney
things will eventually get better just keep your head up and talk to the people in your family about it they are going through the same thing

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Question by myor28574: After three day treatment for alcohol, does the person sleep all the time?
My husband just spent three days in a detox unit for alcohol addiction, and all he has done today is sleep, and he has been giving me the cold shoulder. Is this normal behavor?

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Answer by Molly
Yes it is. When the body has alcohol in it, your brain doesn’t sleep properly. It skips the dream phase of sleep and it’s there, where we get our true rest.

The alcohol makes us sleep too deeply and that is NOT where our brains recover. It’s durring rem. The dream state.

He’s catching up on his rem (Rapid eye movement) or dreaming state now because his brain has been deprived of it.

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Question by Critz: What does heavy drinking do to your body after a long period of time?
I want to know the signs of alcohol taking effect on someones body who is lets say around 60? and could they die from it?

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Answer by Brittany
Alcohol kills your liver

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Question by Attlast: I have a Friend who I believe is an alcoholic for about five to ten years. Flu like symptoms all the time help?
I am looking for information to share with her like what is happening to her body physcially.

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Answer by virgo7254
she has hep c or cirrosis of the liver she needs to see a Dr right now
if she does not quit drinking she may die soon..for her to have symptoms all the time she is in her late stage..
look for yellowing of the eyes or skin
nausea / vomiting
pains in the lower flank of the body
tenderness to the touch
lack of wanting to eat
and weight loss
and if it is weight gain she needs to have her stomach drained from all of the toxins
..my friend went to the VA hospital because he looked like he was pregnant they had to emergency remove 7 2liters of a green fluid out of his stomach and said another day or 2 he would of died

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Question by AKA SKUNK-APE: will an alcohol detox center accept you if you are drunk at the time you go in?
i am taking a friend to one on monday,and he likely will be drunk…it is out of town,and i will be driving…i can’t stay with him if they refuse…will they allow him in?

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Answer by super.
Isn’t that the point of a detox center?

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