If the alcohol poisoning is extreme the patient can go into a coma and eventually die. This article focuses on the health aspects of alcohol poisoning, rather than other dangers, such as getting into fights, losing possessions or having problems with the law.
The beauty-is-a-social construction is one of the foundational tenets of social constructivism whether you wish to acknowledge that fact or not. I was making the point that Dr. Albers' post did not recognize that both universal as well as culture-specific metrics are operative when defining beauty.
The volume you hold in your hand, Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability, is an important step in helping to transform disability poetry from marginalia into part of the American text. The time is right for it.