Feel awful that I was so drunk last night when I was the only one here for Ds

[CrackerOfNuts]

I have been tipsy before whilst in charge of the dc, but last night I think I was more than tipsy.

Both dd's are at Brownie camp and so just me and Ds when round to a friends 2 min away, who's dd is 6 later this week. They had family round, and we had a laugh, something to eat, the kids played and I drank too much.

Came home about 11:30, put Ds to bed, had a drink of water and 2 ibuprofen and went to bed myself. Ds was fine, and even when he woke up in the night because his legs hurt, I dealt with it etc etc, but I feel really awful that if he had been ill or had an accident, i'd have not really been in any fit state to do anything.

It sounds like it was all fine - I bet you would have been able to get help somehow in an emergency - but if you feel you are regularly drinking more than you intended to, you might want to think about doing something about it

Oh no, I rarley drink tbh, can't afford to. Occasionally have a bottle of wine at home but only drink 2 glasses at a time.

I think I got drunker than normal because I was drinking white wine, which I don't normally drink.

Oh forget about it then
or chalk up to experience
are you feeling poorly this morning?

Don't blame yourself , I'm sure we've all done that from time to time. Just resolve to limit yourself more next time.

I'm tempted to say it was wronggity wrong but, as a single parent with no family and the need for some kind of social life that includes drinking more than the legal limit for driving on occasion, instead I will say that I think you are fine and responsible,etc.etc.

Accepted ideals are often the stuff of some Utopian society.

I do feel a tad delicate yes.

I didn't actually realise how drunk I was until I got into bed and lay down. Then I quickly decided that I might be wise to put a bowl next to my bed, as the room wouldn't keep still.

I wasn't sick though, which I am grateful for LOL.

YOu don't do this all the time. He was in bed, not doing the rounds at a seedy pub with you. If you dealt with his poorly legs, you'd have dealt with any other event ok.

I would perhaps have one less glass next time and forget last night, because you haven't done anything wrong. People who get blasted and abuse/neglect their kids are wrong, not people who misjudge the vol as a one off.

If I had been in charge of the bottle then I would have stopped sooner, but people kept on filling my glass lol.

Oh well, no harm done and lessons learnt for next time too.

Better go get dressed and wake myself up a bit now.

Oh crikey Cracker, you must be wanting to punish yourself for risking telling Mumsnet!

Whereas I'd be tempted to say you have done nothing that the majority of us might well have done, on occasion and in all your postion. I too think you'd have dealt with anything that arose and agree with DividedSelf about concepts of Utopia!

Relax. You're not doing it nightly.. this was a one off and you felt so bad that you started a thread about it.

Stop torturing yourself and feel pleased you had a nice evening.

Agree with chocolate, if a situation had arisen I bet you would have been able to deal with it better than you imagine.

My dh had been on a big night out when I went into labour, and he sobered up pretty quick when my waters broke!