To ask about your embarrassing drink stories

[WillowPeach]

To make myself feel better

Last night I made a total tit of myself and I’m dying with embarrassment right now. We ordered drinks via the app at Wetherspoons but because the order went through accidentally twice, we drank far too much. There was no in between drunk period, one minute I was tipsy and the next I was out of control. Apparently I drew £100 out but have no recollection of it (luckily DP kept it safe for me!).

We were turned away from the Casino because we were so drunk so we headed to McDonald’s for the loo and some food. I headed upstairs for the loo and bam the next thing I remember is lying on the floor under the table, vomiting violently and falling back into my own vomit.

We headed to the toilets - both of us in the ladies with the blessing of security - and I fell beside the toilet and I was banging my head on everything. Then I was trying to wash the vomit out of my hair and off my clothes (successfully but I looked like a scarecrow).

Following this, I began hyperventilating and was adamant I was having an asthma attack (I was petrified) so an ambulance was called and for the 45 minutes it took for them to arrive I was breathing like a mad woman and crying that I wasn’t ready to die yet.

I sobered up at the hospital pretty quickly (maybe 30 minutes) and discharged myself so someone else could have that much needed bed.

Finally we went back to the hotel where I got a shower, washed my hair, put fresh clothes on and walked back to McDonalds for those all important chicken nuggets. The same security girl was there and I sheepishly and gratefully apologised profusely and thanked her for her help. There was a lot of humble pie.

Today I continue to be mortified but thankfully DP has forgiven me (he’s been amazing actually) and I’m pathetically nursing a hangover. I’ve never ever been in that position before (I’m almost 27!!) and I never want to be again.

It’s a Birthday night out I won’t forget in a hurry I know that much

So what’s your drunken tail that makes you shiver to the bone when you think of it? Please tell me I’m not the only one to make a total tit of myself!

Far too many to list and the reason I rarely drink these days because it's embarrassing and sad when someone can't hold their drink.

Also.. what a fucking waste of an ambulance.

I threw up outside a kabab shop with people watching. Actually I have thrown up a number of times outside but the kabab shop was the worst.

Another time I was in the middle of a break up with an ex and threw a drink over a barmaid that annoyed me (I went back the next day to apologise to her and still feel awful 10yrs later about it)

You have more guts than most. I don’t think I could have gone back to a McDonald’s after voming everywhere

Never been more than tipsy and I think people that get into the sort of state you describe are actually pretty sad if it happens more than once in their lifetime.

Oh my god that’s epic. Hold onto your hat and Wait for the pious responses OP!

I’ve had all sorts of incidents but I have to say, none quite as visible as yours I remember wanting to quit my job once because I had behaved so madly. Looking back it wasn’t so awful, it was just non pissed people seeing you pissed. I also sway a lot

I agree - although an asthma attack is an asthma attack - I rarely ever have them but when I do they’re awful. It was only called after taking 8 puffs of my inhaler (advised by an off duty paramedic) and it wasn’t helping in the slightest.

Oh my god. I’ve been in some right states but never as bad as that (and not since I was a teenager)!

I can’t believe you used an ambulance and the time of NHS staff. What an absolute disgrace. I don’t find this an amusing drunk story, it’s embarassing.

Oh my god that’s epic

Sweet Jesus. It’s like sixth form.

That's a very comprehensive post if this only happened yesterday. I got a lot less drunk than that over the weekend and struggled to text my friend to say thanks for a great time until the following evening.

You will get crucified on here for the ambulance!

@shatnerswig

I used to think so too - it is pathetic and sad. But I’ve never been a one to drink out of control or excessively. It just came out of nowhere and am shocked by it. As I say, there was no inbetween period - mental. I don’t think I’ll be as judgemental of others in future a first and a last definitely.

Eh? Is the word epic sixth form then? What a weird comment. Stand down, you don’t need to jump on everyone needlessly

Far too many to write 😫😫

One of the funniest ones was stood out in the front garden at 3am, stark bollock naked, shouting at the cat 'get in the house you fat ginger bastard'. This was after falling down the outside stairs and going head first into the wooden gate leaving a nice big hole in it.

I think OP knows that it’s not ok. She never said it was

How do you pay for an ambulance then?

@flyingpompom

Yeah I kind of expected that. But the ambulance wasn’t called because of my drinking - I was sobering up not too bad then. It was called for an asthma attack that wasn’t improving after 8 puffs of an inhaler and advised by an off duty paramedic. It wasn’t called lightly believe me. The doctor at A&E advised I stay for 5 hours to have chest X-rays and things but I said nah, someone else needs it more than me. We were in and out within about 30 minutes

I genuinely think you need to send an email to McDonalds apologising for your behaviour to whichever poor sod found that their job description went from ‘cleaning empty food cartons off tables, disinfecting surfaces, emptying bins’ to ‘mopping up vomit’ for minimum wage late at night.

I just can’t believe you went back. You apologised to the security person but I bet it wasn’t them who had to clean up the vomit you’d rolled around in.

OP I wonder if, as you described, you went from tipsy to ‘out of control’ with no inbetween period, something was put into your drink?

@clairetree

I’ve always been that person who argues that if you end up in an ambulance due to alcohol then you should pay. Simple. But I didn’t drink in excess deliberately. And it wasn’t called because of alcohol poisoning or anything, it was an asthma attack - something I rarely have. Have you read the thread?

Came home and spewed all over my parents new carpet, fell and smashed all the things on the fireplace. I was 17 though, don't drink myself into oblivion as an adult thankfully.

How do you pay for an ambulance then?

I was in a car accident with my mum years ago. 100% not our fault and lorry driver who drove into us and wiped our car out and almost us with it got sacked. Amazingly, we got out of the car with barely a scratch, especially when you saw what was left of the car. Police and ambulance caused and as I had pain in my neck off I went to the hospital. Whiplash and in a neck brace for a few weeks. We got invoiced to pay for the ambulance. Seriously.

@cageybee

I’m not sure, I did wonder that myself although I wouldn’t like to make excuses. DP drank the same and he was fine - although there was never an opportunity for it to be spiked I don’t think. The ambulance did keep asking if I’d taken anything but I definitely had not - totally not my thing. It was just bizarre, nothing like this has happened before, I’ve never had memory loss or a reaction like that. We had food before drinking so it’s not like we drank on an empty stomach. It was just bizarre.

The doctor at A&E advised I stay for 5 hours to have chest X-rays and things but I said nah, someone else needs it more than me. We were in and out within about 30 minutes

How selfless. Have a biscuit

Collecting tales of other people’s drunk escapades won’t make your evening seem any more normal I don’t think.

I just have one query: do you think what happened is funny? You seem to, but maybe I’m misreading. If I’d done that I wouldn’t be bragging about it online and trying to get other people’s stories to try feel like it wasn’t that bad after all, I’d be seriously questioning my actions and vowing never to have more than three drinks at a time in the future!

Everyone has stupid drunk stories but the point where your actions stop hurting just you and start affecting other people (like minimum wage McDonald’s workers and overstretched NHS ambulance and hospital staff) is a pretty serious one to cross.

@shatnerswig

Never heard of this happening. I presume you’re UK based? Totally out of order for you to be put through that.

For the insurance company presumably shatners?

But I didn’t drink in excess deliberately

What does this mean? You accidentally over ordered yes, but it was your decision to tip the whole lot down your neck right? What on Earth sort of logic are you using to imply you didn’t drink to excess deliberately here? I’m confused more than anything!

Out with colleagues one evening on an away week long jolly. Got completely hammered on an empty belly and when we were all sitting down - I was sitting next to a colleague I secretly fancied - kept trying to undo his shoelaces and pull off his shoes He left shortly after to go back to the hotel. I soon followed and then sat in the corridor outside his room considering knocking on his door. Thank fuck I didn't. I was so embarrassed (and majorly hungover) the next day. I still cringe now when I remember that evening.