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Local law enforcement and medical officials say
the number of drinking-related injuries and offenses have held steady
over the years, but the two unexpected deaths over the past few weeks
have thrown student drinking into the spotlight. UI
student Daniel Miller, 23, was found unconscious by his roommates early
in the morning of April 25, and authorities said his death resulted
from apparent alcohol poisoning. Just
one week later, WSU student Stuart John Robertson, 21, apparently fell
to his death off a 40-foot cliff about one-quarter mile east of Bishop
Boulevard in Pullman. Pullman
police believe alcohol may have been a factor in Roberston’s death as
well, but won’t know until they receive a toxicology report/Halley Griffin, Moscow-Pullman Daily News. More here.
Question: When did you give up partying and settle down?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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jazzyvandal on May 09 at 9:27 a.m.
I stopped partying after graduation. I’m too old for that stuff anymore. I rarely go out to bars anymore. Maybe once every few months. Now, I only drink one or two and that’s plenty for me.
Escapee on May 09 at 2:40 p.m.
I drank my share in days gone by, and sometimes I got really polluted. So I can’t imagine the Sheer Volume of alcohol one must consume to actually poison themselves. My body always seemed to have a built-in ‘trigger’ which told me that I’d Had Enough. And if I stopped then, I wouldn’t have any severe problems. I used to get to the point where Beer began tasting like soap suds, and that’s when I’d switch over to Pepsi. Right now, I haven’t had a drink for going on 7 or 8 years. I don’t miss it.