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Adding: If you live alone, chew extra slow. If you start choking and cannot help yourself, run to the nearest neighbor or even into the street if you need to. Just find someone.

Yes, but first learn to perform the heimlich maneuver on yourself by using the back of a chair or something tall enough to push your diaphragm up.

If you're actually choking, how is liquid going to help?

Yeah if you can't even force air through I'm not sure how OP thinks you're going to force water through

It can save you from choking to death -- an extremely unpleasant experience -- by instead drowning.

If you start choking sometimes drinking water can help clear your esophagus. This is not always the case, especially if something is lodged in your throat or blocking your windpipe, but it’s better to have a drink on hand to help clear or soften whatever is making you choke.

Drinking while choking can make the situation worse lodging it further down.

Choking occurs when food destined for your esophagus lodges in your trachea. Drinking will go to your esophagus. If you do manage to get water in your trachea with the food… I’m not sure that’s better.

As someone who has choked, running, thinking clearly, or even standing upright are all but impossible

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I believe your situation but I think it depends on how serious your choking is, whether you got a breath beforehand, and maybe a few health factors. I've seen a few videos of people running out of their apartments choking and looking for help, I'm sure you can find some on YouTube if you look

This is terrible advice. I suspect the OP does not actually know how choking works.

Also wear safety goggles in case you put sharp food in your eye.

I will choose to believe you. I was only 4 so perhaps that was why

How about this. Drink water when eating anyway because... I dunno, it's one of the main components in digestion..

I can't believe this is a life pro tip. I mean.... Wow, just, wow.

Hahaha, never eat alone. If you're planning to eat alone, notify a friend and tell them to call emergency services if they don't hear from you by the end of the meal. Choking is definitely one of the highest causes of food related deaths among those that both chew, and don't chew.