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Originally Posted by Laak 315
3/4 of a bottle of Absolut in 15 minutes is ridiculous and pretty stupid, if that is what he drank...I don't think it was related to hazing. I think it was more the fact that the kid didn't know his limits. Unfortunately some people overstep their boundaries to try and realize their limits and by then, it's too late. I had a similar situation happen to me last semester when I chugged 1/3 of a handle of Wild Turkey in about 15 seconds (of my own free will, just FYI) and a lot of my friends to this day wonder how I am still alive. (I weigh about 130...I blacked out about 10 minutes afterwards and woke up at noon the next day) It was stupid and I learned from my mistake. Unfortunately, some kids haven't been and won't be as lucky as I was that night...RIP
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Laak;
Your posting confuses me.
There is no "if" to what Gary drank-Blood tests show it rather clearly.
And yes, you were very lucky that you did not wake up in the ER or just not wake up at all. I do have to wonder just what your "friends" did in the 10 minutes that you were pasted out.
Just found this story on line that is so, so sad and "wrong":
No Thought of a Problem: 'We All Just Get Wasted'
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On a recent weekend night, Mr. Dozier and his friends invented a theme for one of their binges. They called it a "vomit party," in which the 25 or so students who gathered in a friend's apartment were encouraged to drink nauseating amounts from a shared bottle of vodka. Unfortunately, Mr. Dozier said, the bottle was toppled over early in the evening by one of the tipsy partygoers and the festivities were brought to an end.
"The vomit party didn't go down like it was supposed to," he said."
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They were lucky. Gary Devercelly Jr., a freshman at Rider University in New Jersey, landed in the emergency room after drinking a bottle of vodka at a fraternity party last month. He later died from complications resulting from "respiratory suppression," a condition in which alcohol suppresses the part of the brain that makes a person breathe.
An autopsy found his blood alcohol concentration was 0.426, more than five times the legal limit to drive a car in the state."
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Mr. Beale, 18, said his peers often brag about "blacking out," or drinking to the point that they experienced some short-term memory loss — a state that has been linked to permanently damaging a young person's memory, spatial skills, and ability to focus.
Explaining the temptation to gloat about "blacking out," he said: "Part of that might have something to do with trying to get some sort of image as someone who parties often, and knows how to have a good time. But I think it might be mostly because nights like those can lead to some amusing situations when you ignore the brain damage aspect of it."
http://www.nysun.com/article/54067?page_no=1
http://www.nysun.com/article/54213
http://www.nysun.com/article/53980
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