How Often Have You Seen THIS??

I had never heard of anyone trying to consume alcohol by way of an enema, till i read this story:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=3&u=/nm/20050203/od_nm/odd_sherry_dc

Anyone else see this, and is it common???

[KEVIN88GT]

someone correct me if I'm wrong but isnt alcohol mainly absorbed in the stomach? I guess the colon absorbs it as well as the guy died... go figure..I've never heard of this before...

[purplemania, BSN, RN]

how in the world could anyone absorb that much fluid? Wonder how many times she had to do it and over what period of time to get it all in.

[Fiona59]

I've had a family pour whiskey down a peg tube but never via this route...

[bobnurse]

we used to give IV fluids per rectum for severe dehydration........

People are absorbing alcohol in many ways now days, Nebulizing alcohol.......What a bunch of retards........

[Siouxz2]

someone correct me if I'm wrong but isnt alcohol mainly absorbed in the stomach? I guess the colon absorbs it as well as the guy died... go figure..I've never heard of this before...

Yes, the colon can absorb alcohol. I remember my mom telling me years ago that alcoholics used to do this, so that others couldn't smell the booze on their breath.

[URO-RN]

I had never heard of anyone trying to consume alcohol by way of an enema, till i read this story:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=3&u=/nm/20050203/od_nm/odd_sherry_dc

Anyone else see this, and is it common???

Okey-dokey.....

Never seen it or heard of it.

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

I guess some people have pickeled brains.

I wonder if the man consented and asked her to do this. I find it hard to imagine she did this without his consent.

[Lovely_RN, MSN]

Wow. I have never heard of this. It would never cross my mind as being something in the realm of the possible.

[zenman]

Why would you bypass the face? Then you can't get sh*t-faced! :chuckle

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

Why would you bypass the face? Then you can't get sh*t-faced!

According to the article, he had throat problems :stone

[southern_rn_brat]

when I was using, a friend (also a nurse) and I used to talk about trying cocaine enemas when our noses were so inflamed

a mucous membrane is a mucous membrane is a mucous membrane