Maddie

And at this time, I am living with Max in the house that he once shared with Stephanie, his ex-wife, that stabbed him. This point, I had been throwing up for three days straight. I couldn't keep down water. I couldn't keep down Pedialyte. I couldn't keep down anything. And I had been throwing up straight for three days. I couldn't get out of bed.

I wasn't peeing anymore because I just had nothing in me. I was dry heaving. Max finally came home from his shift that he had just worked for me. And by the way, Max is working all my shifts for me while I'm just getting sicker than a dog for literally drinking in front of him. So I mean, I really do give him so much credit because he took care of me in ways that literally no one ever has.

I wasn't peeing anymore because I just had nothing in me. I was dry heaving. Max finally came home from his shift that he had just worked for me. And by the way, Max is working all my shifts for me while I'm just getting sicker than a dog for literally drinking in front of him. So I mean, I really do give him so much credit because he took care of me in ways that literally no one ever has.

So he came home from that shift and he was like, we gotta go to the hospital. Like something's going on. You're not getting better. You're not stopping. So he went to the hospital. Whenever we went into the hospital, I was gray. I was gray and white. I was cold. I just was not looking good. I don't really remember getting checked in. And again, I hadn't drank a single thing.

So he came home from that shift and he was like, we gotta go to the hospital. Like something's going on. You're not getting better. You're not stopping. So he went to the hospital. Whenever we went into the hospital, I was gray. I was gray and white. I was cold. I just was not looking good. I don't really remember getting checked in. And again, I hadn't drank a single thing.

I couldn't keep anything down. I didn't drink a single thing. And they were like, we don't know what it is, but you just keep on throwing up. We ran your blood work. There's nothing in your system. There was no alcohol. There was no nothing. Mm-hmm. But then they ran my bell work and then they came back and told me that I had alcoholic ketoacidosis.

I couldn't keep anything down. I didn't drink a single thing. And they were like, we don't know what it is, but you just keep on throwing up. We ran your blood work. There's nothing in your system. There was no alcohol. There was no nothing. Mm-hmm. But then they ran my bell work and then they came back and told me that I had alcoholic ketoacidosis.

which is where you consume all alcohol and you do not eat. So it turns your blood acidic and makes you start perviously vomiting and you literally poison yourself. And if you don't get the fluids and the vitamins and the medicine that you need to combat the alcoholic ketoacidosis,

which is where you consume all alcohol and you do not eat. So it turns your blood acidic and makes you start perviously vomiting and you literally poison yourself. And if you don't get the fluids and the vitamins and the medicine that you need to combat the alcoholic ketoacidosis,

you'll die so I had gone to the hospital and it took me three days to recover from that and three days that means three days until I can like remember like sitting here talking um Those three days I was in and out of sleep. I didn't really know what was going on. Mac said he thought I was going to die. I didn't think I was going to die that time. Like I was like, nah, I'm still okay.

you'll die so I had gone to the hospital and it took me three days to recover from that and three days that means three days until I can like remember like sitting here talking um Those three days I was in and out of sleep. I didn't really know what was going on. Mac said he thought I was going to die. I didn't think I was going to die that time. Like I was like, nah, I'm still okay.

And I kept on going to the hospital for the next two years. I kept on going to the hospital for alcoholic ketoacidosis. And that's just how I would get, like, fixed. So I would just get, like.

And I kept on going to the hospital for the next two years. I kept on going to the hospital for alcoholic ketoacidosis. And that's just how I would get, like, fixed. So I would just get, like.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

No. Okay. I had no interest in eating. Like, zero interest in eating. I was 105 pounds at the time. Now I'm 140 and I'm, like, healthy in my weight and everything. But, yeah, even dropping 35 pounds is just, you know, crazy. But I... That hospital visit is kind of what made me not reconsider how much I was drinking. It's what made me be like, oh, I can get fucked up and then I can go get fixed.

No. Okay. I had no interest in eating. Like, zero interest in eating. I was 105 pounds at the time. Now I'm 140 and I'm, like, healthy in my weight and everything. But, yeah, even dropping 35 pounds is just, you know, crazy. But I... That hospital visit is kind of what made me not reconsider how much I was drinking. It's what made me be like, oh, I can get fucked up and then I can go get fixed.

You know, like I can go to the hospital and just check in and three days later I'll be fine.

You know, like I can go to the hospital and just check in and three days later I'll be fine.

Yeah. I'm not a doctor and I have no interest in the medical field. So I'll be honest with you. Like I haven't done anything. a ton of medical research on alcoholic ketoacidosis, but all I know is my symptoms, what I experienced, and what the doctors told me, and that's good enough for me.