'I was feeling hopeless.'
A Vancouver couple had a nightmare experience in Bali after they drank alcohol that was laced with methanol.
On their second night in Bali on Sept. 28, the couple each ordered a cocktail made with gin. They finished the drinks quickly because they wanted to watch a performance outside of the restaurant area of the resort. After continuing to feel awful, Rea started looking into his condition online. He found a Facebook group entitled "Just Don't Drink Spirits In Bali" that described his symptoms and why he might be feeling them: methanol poisoning.
Bali vacation turns into a nightmare for Vancouver couple The following day the couple each drank several beers in an effort to stop or delay the progression of the methanol poisoning. Mawdsley also had some negative symptoms after she consumed the drink, but they were significantly milder. Still, she says she drank the alcohol out of an abundance of caution because they weren't sure what had made her sick.
Rea describes his eyes feeling sore and having a headache, saying the pain had "gotten progressively worse." "When I was going from the first hospital to the second one, I thought like, that was 'it.' Like I didn't make it. I was feeling hopeless. I was blacking out in the vehicle, losing consciousness a lot," he describes.
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