An Alcohol Overdose Can Be Dangerous, Too
When we think about overdosing, we usually think of some type of drug, either prescription or illicit. Did you know, though, that you can actually die from an alcohol overdose? Yes, it is true, an alcohol overdose can be dangerous, too. Most alcohol overdose situations occur with teens and college students but there are mature adults of all ages who can succumb to them as well. When a person declares he wants to drink till he passes out, he is actually endangering himself and may not even be aware of how serious passing out can really become.
An alcohol overdose is the result of excessive drinking. If a person is depressed, he may drink more as stated above so that he can simply pass out and forget his day or his troubles for a little while. A teen or college student may be really in the partying mood of the big night and become a victim of an alcohol overdose as well.
Alcohol overdose is more widely known as alcohol poisoning. It is the often fatal reaction your body is having to the toxin of too much alcohol entering your body. Several things can affect this: binge drinking (drinking several drinks at one time), how much food you have in eaten, how fast you drink, how strong the drink is and how long it takes your body to metabolize it.
The symptoms of an alcohol overdose may not be apparent to the others in the room if you are partying not necessarily to alcoholics. Some may think you have simply passed out. If you throw up, your friends may very well be innocently laughing thinking you are going to have a major hangover the next morning. But passing out and throwing up are two symptoms of an alcohol overdose. Others include not being affected by the pain such as someone pinching you, confusion, not being able to stand or walk properly, seizures and the person's skin turning blue.
If this happens to a friend of yours, do not just assume he or she is drunk. Take caution and call 911. You will be saving your friend's life. You can try to wake your friend up but if he does not respond, roll him over to keep him from choking on the vomit that will surely come next and pick up a phone and call for emergency help. Whether your friend gets mad or embarrassed the next day is not the important thing, saving his or her life is. Get someone on a treatment for alcoholism before any bad situation happens.
