https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_hallucinosis

My sister has had a problem with alcoholism for some time. She got a DWI over a year ago. She lost her job after playing the points + FMLA game too much (because of her drinking).

It's gotten to the point where she constantly has the shakes and is now experiencing audio hallucinations. Maybe visual that she's not communicating well, but definately audio. She hears music from a disconnected radio in a room. She thinks it's supernatural in origin.

I even went over with all kinds of high tech recording, ghost hunting equipment, sensors everything. It was all negative for that stuff. I did multiple experiements trying to prove to her this including her recording what she thought she heard and me recording at the same time. Both recordings were just background static. Except she swears she hears it on hers. I understand she thinks it's real, but it's absolutely advanced withdrawl. She is in denial. She's been trying to be clean but in denial of the symptoms and how dangerous her current conditions are.

Does anyone have experience themselves or friends / family dealing with this? How to approach or convince them to seek treatment before it kills her. Anything to give them outside of a hospital ride?

Edit -

Thank you for all the kind responses. meow-hug

Edit 2 -

I went to go check on her, give her a care package and maybe try to convince her to go to the hospital. The first thing before I said anything was "I think you're right. I'm hallucinating. I'm sorry."

Her tremors were down but still there. She said she was starting to visibly hallucinate and trying to understand what the triggers were. She declined to go to the hospital still, but it's a step in the right direction with her able to start thinking critically about it and acknowledging her condition.

Thank you all again. rat-salute-2

  • Ishmael [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    I had a roommate who barged into my room in the middle of the night because he was sure that one of my other roommates was blasting rap music whos lyrics were all about him, and that there were a bunch of other people in her room with her laughing along with it. I went upstairs and there was silence. I had to calmly tell him he was hearing things, and that nothing of the sort was happening. I knew he had recently decided to quit drinking because he'd slept through an alarm and his job threatened him. Thankfully, I had another roommate awakened by the hub bub and the two of us talked him down and the next morning he checked into a hospital. He was there for five days, over Thanksgiving. He told me he didn't even realize what day it was and was just pleasantly surprised they gave him turkey. It's scary but hopefully you can find a way to get them resources to get over the initial withdrawals and stay clean.

    Just remember Amy Winehouse didn't die from an OD, she died from alcohol withdrawal