pipparina

I was with my elder sister and brother this weekend. Had a wonderful time. We were talking about a lot of different things. The topic of a cousin who drinks too much and mouths off at parties came up. I asked my siblings if I behaved that way when I was drinking. My sister said, no, most of my bad behavior involved the men I was dating.
How so, I asked her.

She responded, don't you remember when you were drunk and pulled a carving knife on your boyfriend? Yikesm I had forgotten that one. Towards the end of my drinking, my fights with boyfriends were violent. I can't believe how lucky I am that I never managed to do damage. But that was a very good reminder of where alcohol took me, and why I don't drink today.

And unfortunately there are too many more of these tales.

DayTrader

Isnt it interesting how selective our memories can be?

I'd bet if someone asked us how our drinking was going shortly after such an episode, most of us would describe ourselves as having a small drinking problem or as being "high bottom" alkies who really only hurt ourselves.

The mind.... It's a fascinating thing.

Sasha4

Thanks for sharing, makes me fel slightly better about my carrying ons!

At least your brave enough to ask. I never dare, so torture myself with thoughts of the unknown and worst case scenario's.
xxxx

Username1

Done sh*t like that before... pulled a machete on someone, in full black out mode over a spilt beer. (they did get in my face tho). Im glad that didn't end badly.

CarolD

By the end of my drinking...I was doing all sorts of dangerous
things...often with scummy people.
It's a miracle I was not murdered....

With recovery all that changed ...living the AA Steps
gave me a new joy fillled life with purpose...


Hope everyone finds their way into a sober future

Celtic12

My wife, daughter and myself spent all day yesterday with my parents and younger sister and similar "I enjoy you alot more sober" comments were brought up several times. I guess our families deserve alot of credit for putting up with our drunk shenanigans.

Muunray

yep me too CarolD - I look back in amazement that I survived

HeavyJ

I was recently at a major league baseball game with my 8 year old son. Right across the aisle from us was a guy drinking a lot of beer. Pretty soon he became the "Hey everyone look at me" guy. Soon after that there were a few visits from security, (He was dancing in the aisle and spilling beer everywhere). Now the swearing began, I had to explain to my son that this man was drunk. I viewed him differently now, as a man with a problem (I started a different thread about this last week). What I came to realize when i read your post is this: That was me two years ago at a baseball game for my son's 6th birthday.. UGH!

MycoolFitz

As a guy I'd say stay away from carving knifes. Lucky I wasn't sliced up