Friend almost died.

This weekend I went to a party at a mates house. There were about 14 of us drinking and we had about 4 litres of vodka to share out. Everyone got drunk and we put it away for later on, but one of my best friends (who NEVER seems to remember their limit...) raided everyones bags and drunk everything he could find (we reckon it was about a litre and a half that he drunk in the end). He ended up paralytic and then passed out, and by the time I'd seen him (everyone else thought he was messing around) he had puked all over himself and couldn't speak or move. We tried to look after him (put him in the recovery position, cleared his airways, monitored his breathing etc.) but we ended up ringing an ambulance. I thought he was going to be fine, the paramedics were intending to send him home with a parent to watch over him. But I got a call the next morning saying that he had been almost died in the hospital last night. It really puts things into perspective for you, last night I was worrying about how much trouble we were going to be in with our parents but now that seems so stupid. I feel really guilty too.

Anyone else want to share any experiences like this? (as in, almost loosing/loosing a good friend)

 

Why do you feel guilty?
Your friend was an idiot for drinking extensively for fuck all reason, it's all his own fault. He ruined your night, he should feel guilty

 

Protip: Don't drink so much, idiot.

It's possible to drink and have a good time without getting absolutely plastered. The healthier alternative is you could have just gotten some weed or something.

Edit: Well, considering your question, I may as well answer.

I had a friend who was addicted to heroin. She had overdosed from various drugs before and subsequently damaged her body, and further she'd nearly committed suicide more than once. Thankfully she went to rehab. Good thing I stopped one of her attempts, considering the person who tackled her to the ground on the second one (bless him) wouldn't have been there the first time.

This person is now one of my close friends, and having gotten over most of her issues, she's turned out to be a pretty amazing person 4 months on.

 

I feel guilty because I know what he is like, he doesn't know his limits at all and he just drinks until he feels ill. I've looked after him puking and all that before but he's never done this. I feel like I should have watched over him more closely because it was obvious he'd do something this retarded.

 

I haven't got a clue about weed so it's not really something I'd like to give to a fucktard like him. I'll look into it though, might be a safer alternative. >_<

Oh and it wasn't me that did that, I was drunk but nowhere near as bad as him.

 

Thats beside the point + Your just being sad...

I lost a friend that drunk drived, he also killed 4 Other people 2 People that were in an other car and 2 people in he's car, Very sad.

 

Make sure you read my edit.

If you look around, I'm sure you know more than one person that can get you it. You just need to keep your eyes and ears open. Be open to the concept of drugs, pipe in when you hear people mentioning it, and eventually they'll lead you to a dealer, given time for them to trust you about it more.

Personally if I want it I get it through my friend; his sister lives in a sharehouse with some shall we say, interesting people.

 

Oh yeah, I know I can easily get it. I know at least 15 potheads who all offer it to me whenever I seem them smoking it. It's really hard to OD on weed right? I don't want to give him anything that could put him in a worse state than he was in at the hospital.

 

Alcohol is more dangerous. Weed's probably better for him. You can smoke a tonne of it in one night, and the worst that will happen is maybe a little memory loss if you do too much of it to be honest. It's also different to alcohol; alcohol makes people loud, rather unco-ordinated and stupid. Weed just chills you the fuck out ^_^

Edit: To give a perspective, the wikipedia article for Cannabis says somewhere that the buds can contain around 5% THC. An ounce (and you most likely wouldn't smoke that much in a sitting. Like, maybe an eighth or so) which is 28 grams, would then contain according to that approximately 1.4 grams of THC. The article for Median Lethal Dosage estimates THC to be around 666mg per kilogram of body weight. Assuming an average 80kg male, that'd be 53.28 grams of THC to kill a fully grown male, hypothetically. An ounce contains less than 3% of the amount that could kill a man, if you take these figures in to account.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis(drug)#Potency
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LD50#Examples

 

Some people just have problems with taking too much of something. I know several people who do this and they don't realize they're doing it. It's not anyone elses fault but theirs. One of my best friends has been in and out rehab multiple times and would stay clean for a few weeks, but would always start back up again. One night, he had already been drinking a lot and got a hold of my friend's script of 40 percocet 10s and took them all. He passed out and started having convulsions. We took him the hospital right away. There is no doubt that he could have easily died and how lucky he was to live. After that, he was sent to a rehab facility in Miami. He's been living there ever since and has been clean for almost a year now.

 

I agree with the above. If you're looking for a safer alternative (and more of a pick up,) go with weed.

 

Weed is where it's at..
But I was at someones house where like this dude passed out in the hallway and kept throwing up all over his own face and like choking on it or whatever. People kept freaking out and had no idea what to do and the guy that owned the house was tripping balls cuz this dude was puking all over his parents carpet. I helped a buddy of mine prop him up against a wall and I left because I didn't want anything to do with it, since I was underage at the time.

Not to mention I've blacked out numerous times and woken up in weird ass places I don't even remember going to. I never almost died though because I know my limits.

 

I want to party with that guy.

 

Personally I've never been completely wasted. I've been drunk, but I've never gone too far beyond that. I honestly think it's stupid to be drinking that much.

 

Exact same thing happened to me around a year ago, big party in one of my best friends house and a guy was in a horrible state had to phone an ambulance and he was in hospital for a few days.

Only bonus was we stole the oxygen canister the paramedic team left as a momento of the night

 

Thankfully he came out of hospital the next morning, but apparently he was on a drip all night and the doctors told his parents they weren't sure if he'd make it through or not.

The only mementos I have of that night are a pair of jeans covered in his puke and the vague memories of getting off with 3 different girls, all of whom I would never usually even think about doing stuff with... >_< It wasn't the greatest of nights.

 

since when is it ok to drink so much you almost od on alcohol?

jesus, your excusing horrendously unsafe behavior. I am just glad I don't ever go drinking with anybody like you, i dont like "shockers"

 

This is why i don't drink. I still to good ol' herb.

 

I remember a slightly-similar experience.

My friends and I went to a party and at this party there was a guy people would call "The Fish" because of his drinking.

Well, "The Fish" got so smashed (and he was an angry drunk I guess?) that he started chasing everyone around with a Pool Cue, and then later a Tyre Iron.

He ended up passing out in the driveway in front of the house we were at, vomiting everywhere, and not waking up until the next morning.

Not as severe a story, but drinking too much is just retarded and nobody's fault but the person that does it.

 

Yeah I wouldn't worry hey, Most weekends, my group of friends buy a bottle of vodka for the night and are always fine, If it were like speed or pills It would have been scary,

Every time a younger person goes into hospital they always make it sound worse then it is, Its usually just a stomach pump, which is still unpleasant, but most of the time the hospital are just scared they will suffocate on their own vomit.

Everyone has got to get loose once in a while