I got really drunk the other night and people are telling me I could've seriously died. Is that true?

Question

It was my first time ever getting drunk.
I'm 15. 5'0" 90 lb.s
I took 8 shots of pure vodka.
No chasers either.
I was in the bathroom for 3 hours puking my guts out.
And then I started dry heaving.
Is that really bad?
p.s. i never plan on doing that **** ever again.

Answer 1

Yes, some people have died from alcohol poisoning -- drinking too much at one time.

Answer 2

Nice.
15yrs old and pounding straight vodka.
The fact that you had some motivation to do it at 15 is the really dangerous part.
Yes you can die. Especially if you pass out on your back and drown in your own vomit. It happens more than you think. Alcohol poisoning is a real danger but usually your body does what yours did and expels the bad stuff.
You might think you'll never so it again but if you're already drinking at 15 chances are VERY VERY strong you will continue drinking and at some point you will over imbibe again. One night of sickness rarely deters people very long. If you are smart you'll stay away from it.
Save it for a time when you can understand and respect what alcohol can do to you physically and socially. You are too young to even begin to understand it.

Answer 3

YES YES YES, as if every poster isn't saying that!

Alcohol poisoning is a real danger. Also, lots of bad things could happen when drinking like that-I lost five friends in about 13 months as a teenager to drunk drivers. On top of that, not everyone will look out for you if you are passed out. As one friend tells his teenage kids, "Nothing good happens after midnight" especially if everyone is drunk/high.

Additionally, drinking as a teenager will cause stunted development mentally and emotionally plus accelarate damage to your liver. Alcohol in any amount kills brain cells, and yours are still developing their final connections.

Alcohol is the second most lethal legal substance sold-right behind cigarettes. While both can be "enjoyed" legally, you need to take a step back and think your drinking through very well.

You dodged a bullet-now make a difference!

Answer 4

90 pound woman , 8 one ounce vodka shots , geez
you are lucky you puked most of it up.
If you drank that in one hour Your estimated BAC is 0.441
Thats well past drunk , thats into alcohol poisoning and a hospital visit.
Thats also a very heavy hit on your liver. The calculator says you would be sober in about 44 hours .

A word of advice , wait till you are 21 to drink. A drunken teenager , or drunk puking woman for that matter is not really amusing and while you are passed out you cant object to anything that happens to you .

Answer 5

Well, 8 shots is way too much for your body weight. And either way, you're way too young to be drinking anything with alcohol. I'm not sure if you were really at risk of death, lethal alcohol levels are pretty high, and a novice drinker will usually get sick long before then. Alcohol is a poison, that buzz you get when you're drunk is the side effects of the body trying to protect itself. That's why you got sick. You drank too much and your body tried to purge it from your system. It is the last defense your body has. If you drank enough, or keep drinking after getting sick you can kill yourself.

Hopefully you don't need any other lessons before it sinks in.
Good luck.

Answer 6

Probably not from 8 shots, but you can certainly drink enough to kill yourself from the alcohol alone (forgetting any stupid thing you might do).

90 pounds isn't much, which makes you vulnerable, and 15 is frankly waaaaay too young to be doing 8 shots of vodka, but that aside, yes; you can reach a toxic blood alcohol content that will shut down your system and kill you all by yourself. I think even for someone as light as you, 8 is too little for THAT outcome, but the number wouldn't be huge.

Not going to do that again? Good.

Answer 7

Inexperienced binge drinkers are often college students. For many of them it's the first time in their lives they don't have to be reporting back to their parents, so they go overboard with partying. They can end up in the emergency room, or even worse, a vegetable (or dead).
It takes relatively little alcohol to kill a person your size. Eight shots in an hour equals about an entire cup (8oz) of pure alcohol. You are lucky to be here to ask this question.
Do some more research on the subject. Alcohol is a scary drug, and it can kill.

Answer 8

You must be extremely depressed. Thank God you are still alive. It is not attractive nor cute to drink alcoholic drinks or do anything stupid to yourself. I don't give a damn who implies that it is. You are a beautiful person because God made you. Leave that crap to the devil who stays bored while trying to have us mortals do the most foolish things to ourselves. Speak with everyone that you know and meet some new people, find out what's good out there to do. You will find that you can leave the vodka and other crap where you found it. I personally wish you well. Remember this, What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? - Romans 8:31. The Lord daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. - Psalm 68:19. When you enter a building, I don't care whether its public (business) or private (residence, etc.), quietly say this to yourself, "Peace be to this house." - Luke 10:5. People won't know why they desire to be peaceful but you will. Be on the winning side, God's side. Peace and God Bless.

Answer 9

Yes --

Alcohol is a a chemical compound, a drug, a poison in large quantity and lethal in highest doses. It is sadly, NOT solely recreational.

In college, we decided to celebrate a friend's birthday with a shot for her for each year. At 9 she got the spins, at 11 she was incoherent, at 12 she passed out, and like idiots we left her to "sleep it off" someone should have stayed with her, and likely taken her to the hospital. IF she had'nt passed out the 18 shots we planned for her would have certainly killed her. As it was she was closer to death than any of us knew.

At your age and weight its a wonder you didn't end up in emergency -- and what would the adults in your life do about that? You'd have some serious consequences. DON'T do that again till you are old enough to understand what you are fooling with.

Answer 10

Knowing the Facts Can Save Lives

Until the 1990’s, deaths due to alcohol poisoning were largely ignored by the media. Families who lost a child due to AOD (alcohol overdose) suffered in silence. College campuses, where a great many of the deaths occurred, sought to avoid adverse publicity. Death certificates said “cardiac arrest” or “asphyxiation.” Medical examiners sometimes chose to tell a grieving family, “It was a freak accident,” rather than “Your son/daughter drank him/herself to death.”

In 1994, a Federal law was passed requiring colleges to publish all student deaths. Finally, these tragic AOD stories are in newspapers and on national television; stories like the one about a 16-year-old cheerleader in Illinois who died after drinking a bottle of schnapps on a friend’s dare.

Remove Intoxicated Drivers (RID) began working on the problem of AOD in 1992. Based on discussions with victims’ families and county medical examiners, RID estimates as many as 4,000 deaths occur each year from alcohol overdosing: drinking too much alcohol too fast. Families learn, in the most difficult way, that alcohol can be a lethal drug.



Teenagers are particularly vulnerable to AOD. Of the first 8 cases RID discovered, half were 16 years old or younger. At least half were first-time drinkers and had never been drunk before. Five were put to bed by friends or their own parents to “sleep it off,” only to be found dead in the morning. Their friends or parents didn’t know that if a person drinks too much alcohol quickly before falling asleep, the alcohol will shut down breathing and heart functions and kill a person within a few hours.

Until now, the lack of public information about AOD has been a national failure. The following information literally saves lives. It could save a friend or maybe even you.

Teens pictured in this piece died from alcohol poisoning.




Mechanisms of alcohol poisoning

Alcohol depresses nerves that control involuntary actions such as breathing, the heart beat, and the gag reflex (prevents choking). A fatal dose of alcohol will eventually stop these functions. After the victim stops drinking, the heart keeps beating, and alcohol in the stomach continues to enter the bloodstream and circulate throughout the body.






As a result, the following can happen:

Victim chokes on own vomit
Breathing slows, becomes irregular, stops
Heart beats irregularly or stops
Hypothermia (low body temperature) leads to cardiac arrest
Hypoglycemia (too little blood sugar) leads to seizures
Even if the victim lives, AOD can lead to irreversible brain damage. Rapid binge drinking (which often happens on a bet or a dare) is especially dangerous because the victim can ingest a fatal dose before becoming unconscious.






Critical signs for alcohol poisoning:

Mental confusion, stupor, coma, or person cannot be roused
No response to pinching the skin
Vomiting while sleeping
Seizures
Slow breathing (less than 8 breaths per minute)
Irregular breathing (10 seconds or more between breaths)
Hypothermia (low body temperature), bluish skin color, paleness
Many people try different methods to reverse the effects of alcohol to become sober. Most of these methods are myths, and they don’t work.




Some common myths:

Drinking black coffee
Taking a cold bath or shower
Sleeping it off
Walking it off



If you suspect that someone may have ingested a fatal dose of alcohol, help is required immediately:

Call 911 or the emergency medical number.
Stay with the victim.
Keep the victim from choking on vomit.
Tell emergency medical technicians the symptoms and, if you know, how much alcohol the victim drank. Prompt action may save the life of a friend, or your own.