[Mahatma]

I was watching a show on TV called "Dr. G's How Not to Die" and one of the stories on there was a guy who actually died because he stopped drinking alcohol, and he was not just an anomaly.

I have always maintained that, if they really had the self control, people could quit things like alcohol on the spot.

This guy on the show went on a sort of vacation with an x - wife and she told him she would only go with him if he did not get drunk. He only had one drink instead of his usual many. He ended up getting serious withdraw symptoms and died. I forget what EXACTLY happened on the show, but the point is he had the motivation to just not drink for the night, but his body's dependency could not handle it and he died.

I just thought this was rather interesting, since I have always thought all it took was determination.