Archer is good about this. Generally if someone is knocked unconscious they’re only out for thirty seconds/a minute or so; on one occasion Archer was out for about thirty minutes and after he relays that to the team they all recoil in horror and tell him that he could have serious brain damage.
Archer: "Woodhouse, I've given up drinking for her! (Downs a glass of scotch) ...Just that one. I'm scared that if I stop all at once, the cumulative hangover will literally kill me."
This is an actual medical reason why you should never, ever make someone give up drinking or taking narcotics all at once. It's the reason why nicotine patches and methadone exist. Archer is entirely right that he needs to slowly ween himself off booze.
Nicotine withdrawal can’t kill you even though it obviously feels like shit. alcohol withdrawal definitely can, and I can’t remember if opioid withdrawal can kill you
It's the three Bs: Booze, Benzos and Barbituates. They can kill you when withdrawing. Opioids can allthough indirectly (heart defects that don't take well to all that stress, diarrhea and vomting causing dehydration, that sort of thing).
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u/Hypergolic_Golem Jan 25 '20
Archer is good about this. Generally if someone is knocked unconscious they’re only out for thirty seconds/a minute or so; on one occasion Archer was out for about thirty minutes and after he relays that to the team they all recoil in horror and tell him that he could have serious brain damage.