Just a quick note to say that I am still alive as the author of this website and that Jane, the alcoholic in question, is also still alive. Jane still has an alcoholic binge every three months and each alcoholic binge lasts about two months when you take into account the recovery time as well. I am 76 years of age and Jane is around 72 years of age. I am sure that as you get older the chances of a fully fledged alcoholic binge of the nature that Jane enjoys is enough to kill you. The point is that any time Jane now has a four week binge and the four week recovery in hospital there's a good chance that she will die because the body becomes more fragile and the immune system more delicate et cetera. I just think that the risk of killing yourself through acute alcoholism or the consequences of alcoholism such as falling over and cracking your head on the ground or being run over by a vehicle as you go to the nearest corner shop for two bottles of vodka, are greatly enhanced when you r...
The diary of a victim of an alcoholic. It is tough loving an alcoholic.