Tonight, my former brother-in-law died.
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Tonight, my former brother-in-law died. He was my youngest sister's ex and father to my nieces. He had been an alcoholic for years, tried to go off of it cold turkey without any help. He ended up losing consciousness and his brain was without oxygen for about 25 minutes. He spent several days in a coma before they pulled the plug. I haven't communicated with him for years. I don't mind them, but I'm not looking for condolences really. I feel like those belong to his family. Anyway, I mention it because if you have someone in your life whom you Love who has a drinking problem, try to stress to them the importance of getting help if they would ever like to stop. This was horrific for his girls, and I would hate to see anyone else go through it.
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Tonight, my former brother-in-law died. He was my youngest sister's ex and father to my nieces. He had been an alcoholic for years, tried to go off of it cold turkey without any help. He ended up losing consciousness and his brain was without oxygen for about 25 minutes. He spent several days in a coma before they pulled the plug. I haven't communicated with him for years. I don't mind them, but I'm not looking for condolences really. I feel like those belong to his family. Anyway, I mention it because if you have someone in your life whom you Love who has a drinking problem, try to stress to them the importance of getting help if they would ever like to stop. This was horrific for his girls, and I would hate to see anyone else go through it.
@Lisasali My dad was a substance abuse counsellor and taught classes on the subject at the college level. I remember he always said that doing what your ex brother-in-law did was absolutely the worst thing one could do to quit. It’s just like weaning off any drug, prescribed or otherwise; doing it on one’s own and without any assistance is asking for really bad outcomes.
