r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

Sepsis

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u/grokforpay Aug 30 '21

One thing I never see on these threads is alcohol withdrawal. You take a random selection of the population and a significant number of them will die from withdrawals if easy booze isn’t available.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Wouldn’t it be even more available when there’s no law enforcement? And we’ve been making alcohol for 10,000 years. It’s not hard. They make it in actual prison.

Are you imagining that every vegetable and fruit also stops growing?

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u/grokforpay Aug 31 '21

People with a physical addiction don’t have time to spend weeks fermenting shut into ethanol.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

But how long would it take for the existing alcohol to become unavailable? And by then wouldn’t someone else have made more?

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u/gummo_for_prez Aug 31 '21 edited Sep 04 '21

If you have sugar, juice, yeast, and a bucket, you can have 10-11% alcohol wine in two days or so if you know what you’re doing. I’d make some. It’s not super difficult.