My neighbors' were out of town (parents) and they left their high school senior son at home. Well, he wasn't answering the phone and so Karen (the mom) called and asked my Dad's Wife if she could see his car in the driveway.

She looked over and saw the front door wide open. Told Karen she'd call her back in a few. She went over, yelled his name and heard the showed on upstairs, so she went to investigate. Opened the door and found him sitting in the bathtub, leaned against the side of the tub looking paler than an albino.

She called an ambulance, even though she was a nurse practicioner, then called my dad over (a doctor) and were getting him help.

Turns out, he went to a party and got so drunk, that his friends drove him home, stripped him of his clothes and threw him in a cold shower and left him. He nearly died of severe alcohol poisoning AND hypothermia.

When they told me that I couldn't believe it, I mean I always knew their kids would get into trouble even though the parents pushed them through every kind of accelerated learning program, they were just the "party" type. I think that would have really affected me though if I saw him that way, or anyone for that matter. I can't believe people can be so stupid that they keep drinking until they blackout and then keep drinking even more! He nearly died, but because Karen trusted my dad's wife and called her, he lived.

(side note, we lived in that house since 1989, and this happened back in 2006 I believe. Dad married the wife in 2000).