He and a friend got into a bottle of hooch they stole from a parent's liquor cabinet. Drank the whole fifth between the 2 of them. Around 13-14 yo and not much weight to handle that much alc. When I found him he was almost passed out. Called Dad right away (although at 16 my first thought was to cover it up so my brother did not get in trouble.) Glad I didn't.
Dad worked 40 mi away and must have sped 80 mph the whole way home. Got him to the hospital and pumped him out. Had to stay the night and had a pretty good hangover the next day.
I had pretty much forgotten about this since it was 30 years ago. Asked my brother to do some engine work for me and he said sure! When I was thanking him for the repair (had to pull the engine to replace timing chains - not a small job) he said, "No - thank you for saving my life!" Blew me away.
John
This post was edited by Hogleg at 06:45:17 01/13/13.
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