Alcoholics die young?

March 11, 2008 · Filed Under Family Stuff, People Around Me 

Earlier today, a family friend called to inform us that their brother who was in a coma at the hospital had died this morning. I was talking to Mom and she mentioned that he was only 46 which I think is quite too young to die. I was told that he was brought to the hospital because a vein in his heart burst and the reason was he drank a lot even though he had a heart condition and he didn’t take his medications as prescribed by the doctor.

In the US they have many alcohol rehabs that help alcoholics recover from their alcoholism. I just find it sad that in our country we do not have much services like these that can help many of our fellow Filipinos recover from their incessant drinking. Alcoholics or “lassengos” as we call them need help from rehabs to be able to avoid drinking and find other outlets or solutions for their problems. If only we had proper services given to the people by the government instead of them pocketing it, maybe we’d be able to find more people living their lives rather than sitting in a street corner chugging alcohol with their friends to forget their financial problems.

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