SteelRes211

This is exactly why I shared this about me as you stated perfectly above. Granted everybody's perspective and interpretation of what I wrote will be different, by no means was it to "glorify" alcoholism. Rather it was for me to entertain some and laugh at myself, something I have not done all that much when I was drinking.

SoberCAH

Right before I got sober, when my life was circling the drain and there was seemingly nothing I could do about it, my life reminded me of the title to a book written by a fallen football player titled "When All the Laughter Dies in Sorrow."

At this point, thoughts of pretty much any aspect (or specific incident) of my drinking life makes me cringe all over.

The longer I stay sober, the more these crises slip into the inner recesses of my mind and memory.

Please stick around.

Done4today

Craziest thing I ever did sober was pick up the first drink.

Toward the end of my drinking I was teaching a couple buddies to scuba dive. They were doing their advance navigation course while I waited for them I had fallen asleep. My buddies didn't navigate back to me correctly so they had to surface off course. They didn't see my bubbles so they decided to just kick back in and would meet me at the shore. After about another 30 minutes they hadn't seen me surface yet. So one of them swam back out and dropped in on my bubbles. I was fast asleep. Luckily I was about 15' of water. Probably some of the best sleep I ever got during my boozing but I wouldn't recommend it. This one situation reminds me of how grateful I am to have sobriety. My HP was looking out for me. If I had been at 18' or deeper I would have certainly ran out of air and aspirated water and who knows the outcome.

paulokes

Scary stuff Done 4.

I kind of agree that some our drinking stories can be humorous...and humour is important. But has always been important to me to remember the extreme seriousness of situations I landed in rather than glorify them.

Gallows humour is probably more useful than 'Fishing Stories' or boasts where I might be tempted to glorify my scrapes or go one better than the last guy.

applewakesup

Seems to me that if you didn't like to relive those sorts of things, you'd just avoid clicking on a thread called "Stupid stunts or happenings while drunk".

BrendaChenowyth

Holy [expletive deleted]. That's unique for sure, brother!

BrendaChenowyth

Well, one glance at the thread title and people are going to have feelings and opinions. I don't see any of the responses as being UNsupportive.

rainyengland

😂🤣🤣..brilliant ! Made my day this one :-)

Purplrks3647

Too many to count, and most of them I don't remember.....instead I heard about it from other people ~ a giant inexplicable bruise on my leg and bump on my head .....someone told me I took a huge spill while dancing on the bar......one of those "seemed like a good idea at the time" moments ~ ~

#8 (The lawn mower one) made me LOL

Outonthetiles

I guess I have mixed feelings about these "war stories" threads, so I'll post a depressing one: I hurt a lot, and I mean, a lot of people. I burned through several relationships. I destroyed people's lives with my insanity. I did things that I can never forgive myself for.

And not to get too oppressive, here's a fun one: I passed out halfway on and halfway off a heavily used bike trail and used my expensive road bike as a pillow.

SoberCAH

I would add getting married to my list of stunts, poor decisions, etc.

iew101

Too many dumb things to count. Roughly $12,000 in legal fees. Solid amount of relationships ruined.

Happenings: me thinking I was hilarious and running my mouth. Or being black out drunk and being an a$$hole to my wife, sneaking out of the house to drink more or go to a strip club and make out with strippers.

Yea I was a quite the awesome dude while drinking

ThatWasTheOldMe

Drove myself to the hospital still drunkish and going through withdrawal.
Sent flirty text messages to my married and much older than me boss.

So much shame and embarrassment. I haven't made an ass out of myself in 28 days though :p

ThatWasTheOldMe

I am new in sobriety and I cringe outwardly at thoughts of my drunken behavior.

I am so happy to be sober.

SteelRes211

We have all made a fool out of ourselves while drinking, people do mostly forget these things. Don't be so hard on yourself, its all upside now for fixing the problem.

Talkinandwalkin

That is good stuff! I have not laughed that much in a week or two! Thanks a bunch!

notgonnastoptry

All the regular stuff, but the worst was a below-the-belt moment where, in a blackout, I sent the nastiest texts imaginable to two people (a husband and wife). I've cleared up a lot of the blowback this past year, but this one still haunts me. I've written about it on the other forum links, so here it is here (this was on "why I drink today":

I miss being in eighth grade again-- oh, wait, that effect was achieved some twenty years later while being blackout loaded on the event in which I texted a very mature, and caring couple (who had supported me through the nonsense) and relayed to them things my husband had said about their looks and aging. That was a shining moment, one that I fondly recall. I don't cringe or want to bury my head in the sand because that's how all ethical people act.

I also loved the sweet surprise of seeing those texts days after the blackout was finished (but, not knowing if I was sober/drunk, etc., it all felt the same). Those little golden surprise nuggets were everywhere--on my phone, FB, etc. It was like an easter egg hunt and trying to find the golden egg! Then, wondering what was inside.

SoberTyger

I did an awful lot of stupid sutff, luckily never really anything that caused serious trouble except dents in my pride. I missed countless flight, buses and trains as i got too drunk...
One of the most stupid things i did was, at a time i was working for a music magazine, and was invited as a VIP to a huge festival where a lot of my fave bands were playing... i got the trip and everything for free to write a review of the concerts... once i got there i got so wasted for the whole week i didn't manage to see any bands at all, never even found my own tent, just slept on the ground... when I got home i looked up reviews of the festival online and wrote my articles based on what i read in other people's articles, as I hadn't seen one single band

PhoenixJ

Just the one- the final one. Booze, blackout with a ciggie in mouth. Fibreglass shoulder splint caught alight, turned molten. 4th degree burns to 20% of body, family disowned me, died 3 times, then homeless.
Nearly 18 months sober, safe and doing very well- with a defiant rage that I became the thing I hated most.