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by Terah Shelton on December 12, 2007
I had to read this article twice to fully understand it. According to an article on MSNBC, a man almost died from alcohol poisoning after drinking two pints of vodka. The man, who was not identified, didn't want to disregard his vodka and painfully decided to drink it - while standing in the security line at the Nuremberg airport. New carry-on rules state that passengers cannot carry large quantities of alcohol on planes. If he wanted to carry it on, he would have had to pay a fee.
The incident occurred at the Nuremberg airport on Tuesday, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a holiday in Egypt.
New airport rules prohibit passengers from carrying larger quantities of liquid onto planes, and he was told at a security check he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay a fee to have his carry-on bag checked as cargo.
Instead, he chugged the bottle down - and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said.
A doctor called to the scene determined he had possibly life-threatening alcohol poisoning, and he was sent to a Nuremberg clinic for treatment.
The man, whose name was not released, is expected to be able to complete his journey home in a few days.
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Response from:
Drug abuse treatment center
(02/09/09 9:36am)
I guess the man found a more "ingenious" solution to this. Apparently he was very found of his vodka...
Response from:
Recovering Alcoholic
(04/07/09 1:55am)
Sadly, this is how it ends for many alcoholics. I read that only about 10% of those individuals who have an addiction to alcohol actually get the professional help they need from an alcohol rehab center. Scary.
Sammy
http://www.michaelshouse.com/alcohol-rehab
Sammy
http://www.michaelshouse.com/alcohol-rehab
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