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Delerium tremens can kill you True. They claimed my best friend's dad but it was a long path getting there. He was the most extreme alcoholic I ever knew, went
by WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
Delerium tremens can kill you
True. They claimed my best friend's dad but it was a long path getting there. He was the most extreme alcoholic I ever knew, went into DTs many times.
Three anecdotes: Piles of steel schlitz cans taller than 8yo me, long conversations with the screen dot after turning off the b/w TV - and for reasons I still don't understand he preferred Listerine during his final years.
- johng 2y agoI've seen the Listerine thing on Native American Reservations quite often when I was younger. I was told it was because you could buy it even after hours but now that I'm thinking of it that might not be true. It was usually reserved only for the super desperate. So, I decided to google it... seems like that's the most common reason. Accessible, cheap. Or back in the day it used to be cheap. https://bluffsrehab.com/is-drinking-mouthwash-a-sign-of-alcoholism/ https://bluffsrehab.com/is-drinking-mouthwash-a-sign-of-alco...
- ssl-3 2y agoIn the post-COVID world we have, it may be easier to find a place that sells beer and wine late at night than a place that sells Listerine. (Or at least around here in my part of the States, where things like grocery stores were commonly open 24/7 prior to spring of 2020 and now close no later than midnight...while the convenience store on the corner will still cheerfully sell a bottle of whatever until 1:00AM, and will resume selling at 5:30AM.)
- johng 2y agoI see the same thing here. Also mouthwash is more expensive now than it was when I was growing up. More than inflation can account for. Edit: Found a really good discussion about it on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/alcoholism/comments/1cyuf2j/drinking_mouthwash_why/ https://www.reddit.com/r/alcoholism/comments/1cyuf2j/drinkin...