"Corky Scott" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 07:34:21 -0800, "C J Campbell"
wrote:

I
spend an inordinate amount of time counseling kids who have become
pregnant
after "moderate" alcohol consumption.

Hmmm, and here I always thought it required having sex to become
pregnant.

Bad joking aside, if said kids loose their ability to think straight
or say no after moderate alcohol consumption then almost by
definition, it wasn't really moderate consumption.

Also I'm curious, how does being an alcoholic get you on a respirator?

It was my mother, if you must know. She was found unconscious on the floor
having drunk a whole bottle of vodka. Her blood alcohol level was so high
that it took four days for it to get down to where she was merely legally
drunk. Anyway, she vomited, aspirated some of the vomit and nearly drowned.
She had to be on a respirator for three weeks.

She believed she was a moderate drinker and still believes that. Thankfully,
she has not had a drink in nearly two years now.