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My roommate is an alcoholic. He drinks just about every night. The least amount being six to seven drinks a day. The weekends are big binges....going through at the least 48 16oz beers.
I have noticed somethings and wonder if his health might be in danger. (obviously the drinking is already at a dangerous level)
He personality has changed....he seems to not care about things that were important to him before.
He has major mood swings....even when not drinking a lot.
He can not sleep at night, and complains of having night sweats.
When he has time off work...he sleeps all day.
His eyes have a yellow tinge after drinking...but it goes away.
He compliains of being hungry but then can not eat alot. This varies, sometimes he eats...sometimes not.
The most recent has been memory loss...confusion like. We have conversations and he asks questions about thing he previous knew. Or forgets things we talked about before.
And there has been a pugent smell of ammonia in the house. And it is gone when he leaves. This just started after the past weekends binge.
For example...last night he came home early wanting something he had already eaten over the weekend. He told me several times before he had eaten it. But last night...it was as if he forgot and was looking for it again. He calmed down and went about his night...falling asleep in a chair after eating something else. The ammonia smell was present faintly last night....but nothing this morning.
He will not see a doctor as he has no insurance. I worry it is going to take a major event that entails emergency hospital admission to get him to a doctor.
Are these signs of liver problems??
I have noticed somethings and wonder if his health might be in danger. (obviously the drinking is already at a dangerous level)
He personality has changed....he seems to not care about things that were important to him before.
He has major mood swings....even when not drinking a lot.
He can not sleep at night, and complains of having night sweats.
When he has time off work...he sleeps all day.
His eyes have a yellow tinge after drinking...but it goes away.
He compliains of being hungry but then can not eat alot. This varies, sometimes he eats...sometimes not.
The most recent has been memory loss...confusion like. We have conversations and he asks questions about thing he previous knew. Or forgets things we talked about before.
And there has been a pugent smell of ammonia in the house. And it is gone when he leaves. This just started after the past weekends binge.
For example...last night he came home early wanting something he had already eaten over the weekend. He told me several times before he had eaten it. But last night...it was as if he forgot and was looking for it again. He calmed down and went about his night...falling asleep in a chair after eating something else. The ammonia smell was present faintly last night....but nothing this morning.
He will not see a doctor as he has no insurance. I worry it is going to take a major event that entails emergency hospital admission to get him to a doctor.
Are these signs of liver problems??
It's really hard when people with alcoholism won't help themselves and there's nothing you can do to help them. I'd try gently trying to encourage him to go see someone or atleast read up on it here: http://patient.info/health/alcoholism-and-problem-drinking
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there are SO MANY who NEED help but refuse to do their part in helping themselves which i know is VERY frustrating!:(
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