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Drinking EPIDEMIC in the UK - Young People Cannot Stop and are Ill or Dying From Excessive Daily Consumption

 
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Drinking EPIDEMIC in the UK - Young People Cannot Stop and are Ill or Dying From Excessive Daily Consumption
I know anyone who drinks is prone to these issues over time - but these stories are disturbing.

The picture of the young woman with ascites (huge swollen abdomen) from cirrhosis are shocking...

Jo is one of many disturbing stories appearing on a TV show airing tonight. Called Old Before My Time, it shows the horrific damage young people all over the UK are doing to their bodies through excessive drinking.

In it, viewers see people in their thirties who cannot walk due to the damage alcohol has caused them.
One of them, Scott, a 20-year-old student, is brought into hospital after drinking 'only' three and a half bottles of wine and being hit by a car - something he has no recollection of.

For many of them, the motto is ‘you only live once’ – with devastating consequences.

Hospitals have reported a 117 per cent rise in alcoholic liver disease in the under 30s and deaths from it have risen by 20 per cent in the last ten years.


Read more: [link to www.dailymail.co.uk]

The procedure they show her having - to drain the abdomen, I have had that done - it's not fun. I had the same exact condition for many months when my kidneys failed, and then my liver - but it had nothing to do with drinking. I looked like I was pregnant with triplets. Didn't do it to myself, though.
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10/21/2013 07:02 PM
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All I can say is I am glad I do not bother to go out anymore, besides to dangerous now, all you will come across are a load of piss-heads, pissing in the street, throwing up all over the place or having a shag up against a wall or shop doorway somewhere. No thanks, I am boring now, and I admit it, if that is someones idea of a good time, leave them to it.
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10/21/2013 07:04 PM
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Re: Drinking EPIDEMIC in the UK - Young People Cannot Stop and are Ill or Dying From Excessive Daily Consumption
Drink can be a killer if you don't have moderation. In any country.

Doesn't seem to be the first time for such an epidemic in the UK, either, OP:

[link to en.wikipedia.org]
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10/21/2013 07:05 PM
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It's poison.

Most people do it because their parents do it, so are programmed subconsciously to think it must be good for survival.
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10/21/2013 07:08 PM
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Old news. This has been happening for years.
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That draining of the fluid is pretty rough though wtf
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10/21/2013 07:12 PM
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I drink everyday. About 6 beers and a couple of shots for 3 years noes and I'm fine
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Re: Drinking EPIDEMIC in the UK - Young People Cannot Stop and are Ill or Dying From Excessive Daily Consumption
DO THEY NOT HAVE AA OVER THERE?
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The only way to not commit suicide in Britain is by drinking yourself into oblivion every day. It's a terrible country to live in.
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DO THEY NOT HAVE AA OVER THERE?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 39745123


uk has so many cameras today they no longer call it alcoholics anonymous
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DO THEY NOT HAVE AA OVER THERE?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 39745123


Yep, however most of the youngsters doing this, just think they are having a good time. They do not realise there is a problem until it's to late. Binge drinking at weekends as opposed to drinking because they need to everyday.
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Re: Drinking EPIDEMIC in the UK - Young People Cannot Stop and are Ill or Dying From Excessive Daily Consumption
Glad I stopped drinking in my early 30s. I was pretty bad in my 20s and threw up one too many times from drinking.
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10/21/2013 07:27 PM
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Re: Drinking EPIDEMIC in the UK - Young People Cannot Stop and are Ill or Dying From Excessive Daily Consumption
This is the end result of a society based on self gratification.

We have left our traditional roots and Christian values and replaced them all with 'me me me'

...and so here we are...

The funny thing is I'm sure I will be flamed for simply pointing out the truth. Sad state of affairs this world is in :(
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Re: Drinking EPIDEMIC in the UK - Young People Cannot Stop and are Ill or Dying From Excessive Daily Consumption
oh FFS people of all ages have been over-drinking alcohol ever since alcohol was distilled


there will always be that percentage who can't control themselves, whether due to youth or mental ability


always
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10/21/2013 08:57 PM
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Re: Drinking EPIDEMIC in the UK - Young People Cannot Stop and are Ill or Dying From Excessive Daily Consumption
Old problem. It is just getting noticed because of the costs involved.
Also where young people feel useless you usually find drinking and drug problems.
Lots of problems in other countries as well.
In some places in the USA people are trying to break the cycle where drinking and going to jail are part of the growing up process.
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