I watched this documentary today which really made think a lot more about Alcohol and what it can do to a person when it is drunk in extreme circumstances.

The documentary was by Paul Watson, and called “Rain in My Heart” (2006). It was about 4 people from Gillingham in Kent, who suffered from Alcoholism. The documentary looked at these 4 people from the hospital that they were admitted to. They weren’t just the usual bung drinker, they were drinking about 2 bottles of vodka a night for example. Two out of the 4 die in the documentary.

The documentary kept making me question whether I should feel sorry for these people who were addicted to the drink for many different reasons. To be honest by the end of the documentary I left more sorry for the people who are trying to look after these people, the friends, the parent or the partner.

There were to key parts of the documentary, which made me feel so low and sad. Firstly there was one guy who was having liver troubles, he hadn’t drunk for about 8 years but died due to what he did. His wife loved him soo much and cared for him to the extreme, she was there with him, always being positive. When you were showed his funeral with his wife in tears, I had almost burst into tears myself.

The second most memorable point was watching one guy down tumblers full of red wine and then throwing them back up about 3 minutes after. It was shocking viewing and did put me off alcohol.

The whole thing just made me think about my friends and university life. People go out a drink all the time and get waisted, its when your friend cant go a day without a drink, or has to get really pissed every time you go out. It really made me think…

I would say watch this documentary and remember it. Tell your friends who may b worrying you. It might scares them and make them realise before its to late.