But one that a lot die from is alcohol poisoning. Most people think that you cant overdose on alcohol, but you can. Binge drinking may result in an overdose of alcohol, or alcohol poisoning. Alcohol poisoning is a medical emergancy that requires immediate attention. It's sometimes hard to tell if someone has passed out or is in a serious medical danger. Here are some of the symptoms: -Does not respond to being talked to or shouted at -Does not respond to being pinched,prodded or poked. -Cannot stand up -Will not wake up -Slow labored or adnormal breathing -Skin has a purple color -Skin feels clammy -Rapid pulse rate -Irregular heart rythem -Lowered blood pressure Another common thing is choking to death on your own vomit after an alcohol overdose. Death by asphyxiation occurs when alcohol depresses the body's reflexes to the point that you cant vomit right. Another thing that comes along with binge drinking is depression and suicide.
in many years. Gideon introduced me to people and I supposed I performed well enough-spoke at the appropriate moments and smiled when necessary-but I wasn't really paying attention. I was too conscious of the icy wall between us and my own hurt anger. If I'd needed any proof that Gideon was rigid about not socializing with women he slept with, I had it. When dinner was announced, I went with him into the dining room and poked at my food. I drank a few glasses of the red wine they served with the meal and heard Gideon talking to our tablemates, although I didn't pay attention to the words, only to the cadence and the seductively deep, even tone. He made no attempt to draw me into the conversation and I was glad. I didn't think I could say anything nice. I didn't become engaged until he stood to a round of applause and took the stage. Then I
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of emotions, including abject terror. The needle taps on my spine, done to elicit additional growth factor release, sounded like small scratches on a blackboard. Less than an hour later, I watched on in perverse amusement (the cumulative anesthetic of 10+ shots helped) as a syringe inserted in one side of my left ankle began to dance underneath the skin on the opposite side like a chest-popping fetus from Aliens. It then poked through the skin, and I was less amused. Not a party trick you want to show your patients. We used everything but the kitchen sink. The most potent of the chemical cocktails was a hybrid. It combined the ingredients used on the knees of an Olympic skier with the ingredients used on one sprinter who'd torn his Achilles tendon eight weeks prior to the world championships. The latter ended up winning a gold medal. The final Frankenstein elixir was serious business. It included: