“At the end of May my boyfriend went out with friends for the first time in a while and was drinking from 6pm to 2am. He came in, locked the door, folded his clothes and went to sleep feeling drunk but not wasted. His parents found him 4 hours later fitting and going into cardiac arrest from choking on his vomit. He was put in a coma and it was thought he was probably brain dead or a vegetable. It took 2 months for him to wake up. At first all he could do was move his eyes in response to questions. Slowly more of him came back, but he was aggressive, abusive, racist, scared and angry but eventually his brain settled and he reached us on planet earth. He is now in a rehab centre learning to walk and talk again and just trying to get his independent life back. In one evening his entire life was taken away from him, simply because he didn’t count his drinks and thought it would never happen to him. My boyfriend is very lucky to be alive, but he still has to wake up everyday in a strange place and spend his hours being taught how to hold a knife and fork and simply say his name. We think it is still him mentally but until he came speak properly we can’t really know. His family and I still have to wake up everyday wondering if the boy we all loved dearly is going to be able to have the life he once wanted. Please, please, please think about what you are doing when you go out drinking. Every week the NHS deal with people dying from choking on their own vomit. For the sake of another drink is it really worth dabbling with your life or your future? All it takes is one time.”
-Scarlet
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