Whats the most embarrasing thing you've ever done whilst really drunk
 

I crashed my car into a farmers field at about 2.30 am in the morning while drunk. I was the only person involved in the crash and it was a fairly quiet country road so nobody seen it happen. I quickly got the hell out of there before the Police turned up and breathalyzed me.

I made my way up to my sisters house which was about 40 miles away to avoid the Police. I got there at about 10am and told her what happened, she reluctantly told me I could stay in her house overnight and face the music the next day.

Due to my alcoholism I began drinking vodka and beer in her house that night and ended up passing out on the bed she provided for me. I woke up in the morning and was shocked to find I had pissed the bed. I must have been so drunk that although I needed to go to the bathroom, i did not wake up. It was stinking and the mattress was ruined

Thats gratitude for you eh?. Very embarrassing and humiliating. I sometimes remember those horrendous 24 hours when I get the urge to drink, it helps me to say no to my urge.

This story is one of many to be honest.

Anyone else care to share their most embarrassing moment while drunk?

I did a lot of embarrassing/dumb/illegal/immoral things when I was drunk. I think most of us have. I prefer to share strategies on how to get/stay sober though vs. dwelling on things that have happened in the past. They happened and we can't undo them.

I'm not telling you ;)

I prefer to focus on the good things I have done since getting sober.

too many stories myself
almost 15 years of drinking

we all have our war stories, time to move on.

the dumbest thing i done,, was get another drink

One embarrassing moment was when
I was about 19 maybe 20, don't really
remember, but, I went joy riding with
a car full of folks and was sitting in the
backseat drinking bourbon and coke on
an empty stomach when I asked to pull
over. They let me out and im pretty sure
I lost it, threw up, then asked to
bring me to my apt. somehwere's in
the neighborhood. Because I was so
out of it, I layed stretched out on the
ground in the middle of an empty field,
looking up a a ring of people
looking down on me trying to find out
where I actually lived.

I did manage to focus some and pointed
to the complex a few yrds away to my
apt. window. I was walked to my apt.
let in and put to bed....by whom, I don't
remember.

Thinking back on that episode, it was
embarrassing to me. Of course, if I did
that in todays time, something more
tragic could happen.

Thank God im sober in recovery and
grateful to share my experience here
with others struggling with addiction
themselves.

Believe me, there is hope for many
who are finding a solution and a
purpose to help not drink each day
at a time.

Though probably a bit light hearted in intent, this subject is at the heart of why many alcoholics are unable to recover.

The most unpleasant thought I had in early AA was that I would have to face this stuff and discuss it with another human being. I was understandably reluctant, after all I had spent my whole life avoiding, minimizing and trying to hide it.

The shame set me apart from other AAs. I thought I was the worst case ever to come to AA and if thay found out what I had done, they would throw me out. It's a very lonely place to be.

The Big Book puts it thus:

" More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor. To the outer world he presents his stage character. This is the one he likes his fellows to see. He wants to enjoy a certain reputation, but knows in his heart he doesn't deserve it.

The inconsistency is made worse by the things he does on his sprees. Coming to his senses, he is revolted at certain episodes he vaguely remembers. These memories are a nightmare. He trembles to think someone might have observed him. As fast as he can, he pushes these memories far inside himself. He hopes they will never see the light of day. He is under constant fear and tension - that makes for more drinking.

That was me.

Not proud to repeat what I did, actually quite embarassed.......Glad to be sober now....

I don't see the benefit of these threads, sorry.

Probably after being put to bed at a party, walking down the stairs, not realising I was in the nuddy. In a sober state, I would rather die to be quite frank. xxx

BTW. That was in no way meant to be amusing. It was absolutely dreadful and one of the few things (I hate guilt and self berating as a rule) that totally makes me feel sick. xxxxx

I drank so much I was beyond even being embarrassed anymore. If I felt it, I drank it way right quick.

I have put the past behind me but some of the regrets I still have are not about embarrassing drunken behavior but of the friends and family I have hurt along the way.

Living amends is were my focus is today.

If embarrassing yourself is the worst thing so far, good thing to quit while you are ahead.

There are much worse things that can happen from drinking, like hurting people, and i don't mean feelings.

Thank you for sharing this, Gottalife. It's exactly what I felt. I minimized too, to avoid the shame. Facing the stupid things I did has been very good for me. Having a forum where I can do that and not feel like a monster is very helpful, and one of the reasons I love SR. I have not been able to talk to *anyone* at all about any of this in real life. I don't know if I'll ever be able to...Embarrassing stuff I've done: blacked out at my 30th bday party and jumped around til I threw up, fell on the ground (you know, the drunk stumble) around work friends, called a friend I liked and told him all kinds of personal things I would never have said sober. The most embarrassing is that I'm sure there are things I can't remember and that weighs on my mind. I feel tears coming as I write this, but it's good. I need to face it so I can move on.

June

By the way, for those that say these are useless threads or it's time to move on, I find that offensive. If you don't find them useful that's fine, but please don't discourage others with your negative comments. I see a lot of threads that I don't find particularly useful to me but I would never be so disrespectful as to post that, in case others feel differently and are made to feel dumb for starting that thread or wanting to post to a thread that someone else is downing. A lot of us are still figuring out our sobriety and feel sensitive about these things, small as they may be.

June

Well said Junegirl, I agree with you. We all recover in different ways and we should respect each others posts.....

I could write a book. I side kicked a wall and put my leg in up to the knee and was too lit get it back out in any manner that might resemble coordinated. I think I sprained myself from ankle to hip in every direction possible then had a battle to the death getting by boot out (with my foot in it of course).

I don't see the problem with relating stories like this. Yes, the basic topic and end result aren't all that funny. But we all drank for a reason and some of the crap we did or situations we got into was funny back before it got serious and the humor was gone.

Most embarrassing thing I have ever done was continue to drink

Yes and we are explaining that these threads are really not helpful Do we want to live
in the past or in the present and focus on recovery.

If thinking about the past bothers me and I want to move on and that's how I feel I will post it.

I am not responsible for how you feel or what you find offensive.

You have your opinion and I have mine. And by the way I did send a pm to the original poster
explaining to him why these posts are not helpful and that no one means to offend him. Bringing up
the past can be a trigger. And I sent it to him 7 hours before you were offended and he completely
understood.

Personally, I'm not a fan of these threads...but I took a fairly unscientific poll not too long ago and a significant amount of members (mainly newcomers) found them beneficial.

Trust me, and the other forum staff, to make sure we focus on recovery and don't descend into pointless war stories or perverse competitions

Post or don't post, read or don't read, but I think it's easier to move on than it is to post that you don't like something.

D

You are, and if you'll notice, it always seems those newer to sobriety who have an interest in war stories.

When you are around a while longer, which I sincerely hope for everyone here, you will see why this is not a good path to go down.

We are calling it how we see it, because we have learned what works and doesn't work.

You might be sensitive to these so called negative comments, but it's not intended to hurt you. And in this instance, you are getting offended on behalf of another person, which, quite frankly, doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

If the original poster asked why I saw no benefit to these threads, I'd clearly explain.

As I did in a later post, by the way. For some of us, peeing a bed is literally the least of our troubles. Embarrassing yes, but it goes WAY deeper for some of us.

Hurting people physically, going to jail, seeing deaths of friends and strangers, not so fun to discuss.

Understanding the true depth of our addiction is not a lark, not a fun story, and not an amusing anecdote, it is wrought with pain and agony of the worst kind.

What did you do when you were drunk? Oh I killed my best friend, lol!

See what I mean?

Thank you, Dee.

Very early in my sobriety journey, threads like these made me feel not so alone.
The also made me come to terms with my alcoholism. When I was trying to figure it all out. They were relatable.

Now with a bit more time under my belt, I understand why the best thing we can do for ourselves is begin to move forward. Dwelling In the past tends to keep us stuck, because barring a death, getting your "drink on" always has a slight and subtle undertone of "fun and frivolity". Party party party !

It's ingrained in us .

And once you get it, you realize there is NOTHING funny or humorous or lighthearted about flirting with death.

Our own or, heaven forbid, another's.

In retrospect, I now reflect on my drunkalogues and shudder at the thought. Most I can't even believe I survived.

It serves to remind me of how insidious this disease really is.

Great great great. Hmmmm now, is this embarrassement in front of people, or just the craziest thing you ever done doesnt matter who saw it.

Crapping the pants is a big one. Many times. Puking in cabs, in bars. Puke stains on the front of the shirt. Crap logs stuck to pants and/or shirt.

I've said it before...I can;t believe I have to say it twice.

If this thread offends you you do not have to participate

I'll find the War Stories thread I mentioned before and bump it, so that everyone who has a head of steam up about these sorts of threads can vent there

D.

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...r-stories.html

D

You know what works and what doesn't work for YOU. Alcoholism is not a one size fits all disease. I'm not new to sobriety and these threads help me. They serve as a reminder of where I was and where I never want to go again. If you don't find these threads useful then please don't click on them.

I have sat in some AA meetings and not only will some folk discuss awfully embarrassing things while drinking. I would even go so far as to say some also sound braggy or out doing each other on the scale of how low an alcoholic or drunkenness can go.

Personally, the embarrassing and humiliating things don't trigger me, there is not a thing I can do about them except learn from them and work on never repeating the drunkenness again... My most humiliating has to be face planting into my dinner while out to dinner in slow motion...going going splat. Watched by everyone.