No more booze for Eddie

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Room_101

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 - 07:32 pm Click here to edit this post

who wants to have a friendly wager that CBS won't show Eddie's heinous contradiction on TV?

Chris

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 - 07:32 pm Click here to edit this post

It doesn't have anything to do with age. My grandmother had diabetes. She would always manage to sneak candy bars or ice cream cones, every day of her life. Always made the excuse that she HAD too, because of her insulin shot. I kept telling her to take less insulin, but she used that excuse right up until her kidneys gave out, and she ended up on a dialysis machine.

Chris

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 - 07:34 pm Click here to edit this post

"Heinous"?

Katie

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 - 07:38 pm Click here to edit this post

And in Eddie's own words you can serve in the military and die at 18 so why can't you drink. If he thinks that people are mature enough to drink at 18 then he certainly should be mature enough to know better than drink with kidney's that are shot.

Ohjohnny

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 - 07:49 pm Click here to edit this post

Franny1-- I'm not sure Eddie's drinking more in the house than he does on the outside, even though he describes it that way. I recall him talking about the "positives" of being trapped in the BB house and he said he was glad his mother didn't have to worry every night about him being in bar fights. Even if, you might say, a 21 year old was exaggerating about his mother's worries when he's out of the house-- "bar fights" seems a pretty telling exaggeration. And then, of course, there's the night he spent in jail after a bar fight. Let's not forget his encyclopedic knowledge of drinking games. I think he had about 30 for each 1 the other HG's were able to recall.

I agree with Jwmalibu. There's just too much evidence supporting a serious and destructive drinking problem. This doesn't mean he's a bad person. It just means he most likely does have a problem. Of course, the fighting on top of the drinking might mean he's a totally out-of-control, aggressive and mean drinker too. And then there's the time he peed himself. But that's not so horrible either.

Unless you count the time he spit beer up all over the kitchen table and crudely spelled out the word "C*NT" in his spit-up to desribe Jordan. That doesn't mean he's such a bad person either. Just disrespectful to women and out-of-control and mean and aggressive and self-destructive and drunk.

Mbliving

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 - 07:59 pm Click here to edit this post

He's young, he's male and he is bored out of his mind. I get the feeling he would think that people would think he is a wuss if he doesn't drink. It goes with his tough guy image and his still immature thought process. Hopefully, for his health he'll wise up soon.

Novasea

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 - 08:53 pm Click here to edit this post

Boys drinking again, that includes Eddie

So much for ....
ah, what's the point
it will just get excused.

Katie

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 - 08:59 pm Click here to edit this post

Novasea
You are right again!

Ocean_Islands

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 - 09:00 pm Click here to edit this post

He's gonna be peein' in his pants again before you know it!

Whatever

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 - 09:02 pm Click here to edit this post

More Good Reasons to Drink Beer
(Notice- no Eddie bashing)


1. Beer, the perfect cure for boredom.

2. Need a tough image? You need beer!

3. Still immature at 21? The perfect combination- beer and immaturity!


Who says we don't have a sense of humor?

Katie

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 - 09:23 pm Click here to edit this post

He's gonna be peein' in his pants again before you know it!
He was doing more then that in them yesterday when he was drinking.

Kuh

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 11:09 am Click here to edit this post

Ohjohnny - This is true? He spit beer on the table and wrote the word c*nt about Jordan in the spittle and beer mixture? Unfrigginbelievable. If this is true, this guy's got one hell of a problem.

Ohjohnny

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 11:14 am Click here to edit this post

Yes, Kuh, it's true.

Gonnagetfired

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 11:15 am Click here to edit this post

Doesn't the liver filter the booze before it goes to the kidneys? I hear of alcoholics having liver disease more often than kidney disease.

Just wonderin'

Jade888

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 11:38 am Click here to edit this post

Renal Disease is actually more prevelant than on the liver. The liver can really take a lot of abuse before it fails...usually scerosisi of the liver will happen if it is excesive abuse. FOr some alcohol even in moderation can contribute to renal failure. Also it appears they have been eating alot of pasta on the show so that also can have an effect on the kidneys...complex carbo's.

Chris

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:38 pm Click here to edit this post

Gonnagetfired: The liver will try to store and convert the alcohol, but it can only handle so much.

Jade888: And the liver, unlike other organs, is regenerative. You can lose 90% of your liver, and it will all grow back. You lose a kidney, and it is gone for good. OTC painkillers are one of the biggest destroyers of kidneys, people just don't take the precautions seriously, and most people do not drink enough water to keep their kidneys healthy. The lower the water flow, the higher the concentration of toxins the kidneys have to deal with.

Jade888

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:42 pm Click here to edit this post

Chris...

Seen too many dialysis patietns as my hubby's hospital is the renal center ofthe pacific. It is very sad to see the patietns suffer so much. Dialysis is a terrible thing to go through. The sad thing about renal failure is the depression that comes with the dialysis.

Also, I have heard too many Code 500's (heart failure) coming ourt of the dialysis units.

Chris

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:49 pm Click here to edit this post

Jade888: My grandmother was on dialysis almost 3 years before she died. After the first 6 months, they got a dialysis machine in their home, and my aunt went to school to learn how to do it. When I first saw her on that machine, it totally broke my heart. I spent my summers growing up with her, and we were very close. She had always told me the very worst thing she could imagine were being blind, and being kept alive by a machine. For the last few years of her life, she was both.

Matty

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 12:56 pm Click here to edit this post

I just have a quick question....what about Curtis' or Josh's drinking? I'm not trying to defend Eddie - I'm just curious what everyone's perceptions of the other guys' drinking is.

Didn't we see Curtis and Josh both pounding back many many beers (and sharing stories of drunken escapades) in the past? Do they have problems? Any opinions?

Jwmalibu

Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - 01:50 pm Click here to edit this post

Matty: I think we're ALL in agreement that young men in their college years through mid-20s have a tendency to "binge" drink (defined as having more than 4 drinks) ~ the poll regarding college drinking habits in this week's Newsweek reflects this fairly accurately. I'm not a live feed junkie, but it seems to me (please correct me if I'm wrong) that:

a. Josh seems to get wasted on a fairly minimal amount of alcohol, and you don't see him pounding back beer after beer...

b. Curtis seems to be a "normie", someone who can have a beer or two and stop, but is probably trying to keep up with "the guys" to increase his "coolness cache"...

Both act silly, granted...but neither of them are getting so blitzed that they're pissing in their pants in mixed company...also, I recall one time when it became evident that Eddie had drank a substantial (12+) beers in one sitting.

The above incidents are certainly not confirmations of possibly alcoholic behavior, as we all do crazy stuff when we're young. But couple these two given instances with everything else that has been pointed out in my previous post and other's, and the red flags start poppin' up...

Regarding the liver's regenerative capabilities: like anything else, the liver can only take so much abuse. Once the scarring and fatty cell growth begins, liver failure is probable.