Story How I failed with CO charcoal method second time

[GodChallengesMe]

This is the second time I failed this method. The first time I tried this a couple of months ago didn't put me into sleep and I abandoned the attempt after sitting in the bathroom for about an hour. This time though, I succeeded into falling asleep and was sleeping almost 12 hours but I woke up with terrible headaches and ringing in the ears. My hearing was muffled and ambient sound were metallic and rattling. When I woke up and tried to raise my head, I immediately got nauseated and vomited. I could barely stand up on my legs to get off the small room I was laying with full of CO in the air. Barely opened the door to escape and immediately opened the windows to breathe in fresh air. It helped a bit as I slowly regained consciousness and became alert enough to call ambulance.

When they took me in the emergency, I was barely walking and couldn't communicate due to hearing impairment and exhaustion. They checked my blood levels of CO and confirmed the poisoning. The doctor didn't reveal exact numbers of CO in the blood but told me that it was clinically significant for poisoning. I stayed in the emergency for 1 day until my symptoms got better. I was breathing from oxygen mask to get rid of CO in my blood. The next day I got better and they discharged me. When they asked me how it happened I answered that it was due to faulty gas heater and I was unaware till I woke up and turned off the heater. It happens all the time in the winter so they believed me.

I burned 2.5 kg of Weber briquettes for about 100 minutes in the chimney starter until all the ash and flames went away completely. Then I transferred the crumbled charcoals in the metal bucket and took it inside a 7-8 cubic meter room intended for storage of various things. The room is small and has one window which I thoroughly sealed with multiple garbage bags and tapes. I put a mattress to lay comfortably and used multiple pillows to raise my head above the level of bucket to ensure I was breathing the most CO in the air as it tends to accumulate in the mid of the room the most instead of at the bottom.

It took about 40 minutes I suppose till I got sleepy and then I don't remember anything. It was 6 AM when I entered the room with charcoals and closed the door and when I woke up and checked the time, it was still showing 6 AM but I checked the time on wall clock so it doesn't have AM / PM markings and I thought I woke up immediately rather than 12 hours later. I lost the sense of time and when I asked ambulance staff if it was morning or afternoon, they said it was afternoon so I finally figured out that I was knocked out inside the gas chamber for about 12 hours uninterrupted which is crazy. I don't remember anything, no dreams, no disturbances, nothing at all. I was dead all that time and can't figure out why and how I woke up after all those hours being in deep sleep from CO.

The doctor in the emergency told me that had I drank alcohol I would most likely not wake up and I kinda regret it not drinking before I tried the method. Most likely it would put me into more deeper sleep and exacerbate the effects of CO poisoning.

I don't have lasting damage, hearing returned to normal the next day with oxygen treatment and no organ damage at all. It has been about 3 weeks now and no delayed neurological damage either.

It seems that my body is very resistant to toxic gases as I survived accidental H2S exposure which fucked me up and almost killed me. Got lung edema, central sleep apnoea, acidosis and kidney impairment from that shit. Was dying for almost a month but survived. H2S is no joke compared to CO but even with that gas I somehow didn't die when I was expecting to die everyday for 1 month straight.

Now I think of combination methods. I still have about 1.5 kg Weber briquettes left. I think that I have to burn them for no more than 20 minutes and put them into bucket for another 20 minutes to cool down a bit. 100 minutes in the chimney is too much I think but it took that amount of time till all the flames to go away so I thought I should have done that way. Obviously, the coals were reddish when I put them inside the room so everything was done correctly. Although with 1.5 kg charcoals I won't wait that much in the chimney starter and see how it goes with 20 minutes in the chimney and 20 minutes in the bucket this time.

I can do charcoal method combined with moderate alcohol to get drunk coupled with zopiclone or valium pills to get knocked out and exacerbate the effects of CO even more. 1.5 kg charcoal might not be enough but I will get drunk first, then take the pills and use lace to lightly strangulate myself without blocking the airflow in the throat. I will put just a little pressure on my carotid so I won't get knocked out immediately from it. I will do this when I lock inside the CO room already drunk but before taking the pills. It will take about 30 minutes after I take the pills to fall asleep. At that time CO will be accumulated enough to put me into sleep on its own so the effects will be combined. The lace on my carotid will be fixed tightly so when I fall asleep, it won't loosen and over time the impaired blood flow to the brain will do its job to further exacerbate oxygen deprivation from CO.

I don't want brutal methods like jumping, cutting and things like that so my only option is with CO again but combined with alcohol, sleeping drugs and light strangulation over time with lace on my upper throat.

 

[locked*n*loaded]

Yes, you burned the charcoal for WAY too long. If the charcoals were crumbling apart, like you said they were when you transferred them, you waiting way too long (and didn't do it right). Once charcoals start to glow red and smoke minimizes, that is the time to transfer them to the space you will be using. Also, I don't think you used nearly enough. 7 or 8 cu meters is a lot of volume. CO is the one method where you can't use too much. If you generate enough CO, it's going to displace the air in the room, plus the coals will be utilizing the O2 in the room for continued combustion, so the CO will still accumulate at floor level - people who die from CO in their sleep in their beds are not that high off the floor, and I'd wager they die from much lower levels than what is being purposefully generated with charcoal. I don't know what this "room" you chose looks like, but in the case of your space, just sealing the window is not enough. Where the walls meet the floor is another point of leakage, possibly even at the ceiling.

 

[GodChallengesMe]

I'm now going to try under the table enclosed with thick blankets. The volume under the table is about 0.80 cubic meters so 1.5 kilograms of charcoal is overkill. I will probably burn about 500 grams for about 20-30 minutes till they are still solid and not crumbled but glowing red and then transfer into a metal container, allow to cool down a bit and place it under the table put on a solid, concrete padding that can withstand heat. I will only put my 1/3 of upper body inside the table lying on a mattress and enough pillows to elevate my head for about 45 degrees. I will then seal the entrance with the blanket to have a 4 directional seal all around. The table will be standing in the corner of the room, effectively blocking 2 of its sides with walls for further air tightness. Even though some air might still leak inside the table, the thick blanket that will cover the entire table will effectively block the air circulation enough for glowing charcoals to produce significant amounts of CO (More than 10k PPM in about 20-30 minutes). The volume of about 0.80 cubic meters and the height of the table of about 80 centimeters is too shallow and CO will be concentrated richly and evenly. Since my head will be elevated from the ground, I will be breathing the most CO inside the table and the chance to wake up there will be close to 0. I will be fasting for about 24 hours before the attempt, then drink about 2 bottles of beer and after about 30 minutes take meto to prevent regurgitation of gastric content while sleeping inside the table. Elevated head position will help with this too, effectively preventing asphyxiation from gastric content regurgitation. I might also use the shoelace with light pressure on my upper neck to slowly cause arterial blockage while allowing to breathe in normally and not get knocked out immediately. This way the moment I fall asleep the CO will definitely do its job before the shoelace but just in case the shoelace will be there for added safety.

2 bottles of 660 ml beer is enough for me to get moderately drunk and feel sleepy so that amount of alcohol will further exacerbate the effects of CO. I smoke about 1 package of cigarettes a day so that will also help since my baseline blood CO levels will be high.

This method is much more effective than using a tent outside. I will close the doors inside the room where the table will be standing so effectively minimizing room airflow to further increase chances but I think even without closing the doors inside the room, the thick blankets covering the small table is enough to simply die there with about 500 grams of charcoal. More than that amount will produce significant amount of heat and will be overkill IMO.