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leftyladyfrommo

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23. I had a 31 year old friend that wrecked his liver

Reply to bronxiteforever (Original post)

Tue Feb 25, 2020, 02:31 PM

Feb 2020

and died.

Blew me away.

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Alcohol Is Growing as a Prime-Time Killer (young people) [View all] bronxiteforever Feb 2020 OP

That is shocking Sanity Claws Feb 2020 #1

Affluent, no. Throck Feb 2020 #4

A great thing I did was marry a women from a non-drinking family exboyfil Feb 2020 #13

Genetics shanti Feb 2020 #29

Plenty of cheap booze available. It seems to be a constellation of issues. bronxiteforever Feb 2020 #5

Lots of binge drinking Sanity Claws Feb 2020 #6

+1 absolutely. bronxiteforever Feb 2020 #7

Wine Mommies are a thing irisblue Feb 2020 #15

Also the sparkling alcoholic drinks shanti Feb 2020 #30

Depending on how much of an alcoholic they are, a $25 bottle of vodka can last a week Polybius Feb 2020 #20

Average millennial household income is $70K Recursion Feb 2020 #42

Use cannabis, kids. It doesn't do that. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #2

I ended up with bronchitis, can't smoke or bong. Throck Feb 2020 #8

Yep that's what great about it. More than one way to ingest. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #9

Vape? shanti Feb 2020 #31

Respiratory distress with that too. Throck Feb 2020 #35

That's not good shanti Feb 2020 #36

Guess I'm stuck with brownies. Throck Feb 2020 #37

How about neither exboyfil Feb 2020 #17

Yeah more and more people are opting for edibles now HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #22

At the local high school. Throck Feb 2020 #3

This is not to tell anyone to continue drinking to excess but these are good things to take Maraya1969 Feb 2020 #10

I'd like to see a graph of this overlayed with GOPer control. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #11

Stop looking for something that isn't there. virgogal Feb 2020 #32

No. Prove it isn't there. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #33

Alcohol is considered Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #12

Iraqi & Afghanistan Vets & Alcohol Use irisblue Feb 2020 #14

Wow,so sad. Thank you for posting. bronxiteforever Feb 2020 #16

The discussion was so compelling, I turned and stared at the radio irisblue Feb 2020 #18

I had a really bad drinking problem after I got back from deployment JonLP24 Feb 2020 #39

I am surprised, I am in my 50s and I volunteer with many young people RAB910 Feb 2020 #19

Recommended. Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #21

I had a 31 year old friend that wrecked his liver leftyladyfrommo Feb 2020 #23

I had a friend who recently passed away from excessive alcohol consumption. Initech Feb 2020 #24

I have another friend on his 50's who was a binge leftyladyfrommo Feb 2020 #25

I had a friend who spent $30K on rehab treatment. Initech Feb 2020 #28

The DT's are bad news, for certain. Mariana Feb 2020 #34

Related... Newest Reality Feb 2020 #26

I've got to be honest... a la izquierda Feb 2020 #40

Oh, and I was looking at drug deaths... Newest Reality Feb 2020 #27

I hope cannabis is legalized JonLP24 Feb 2020 #38

I am very careful about drinking. a la izquierda Feb 2020 #41