loulou1981

Well, what can I say.......just awful. Most of the incidents we were called to last night stemmed around too much booze. I had to take 1 person to A&E as they were so wasted, so many people fighting everywhere!
Then i went to an awful, very sad incident where someone died, this was also triggered by booze (drunken arguments which went too far)
Having this kind of shift, as awful as they can be just confirms that im making the right choice being sober.....some people just shouldn't drink, this poor family has started their NY in the most awful devastating way

solow

Sounds awful. Sorry you had such an awful night. You're right, it really does just show how dangerous a drug alcohol is. It scares me to think how many times I put my life and even the lives of others on occasion in danger when drinking.

Jecrois2016

Wow, that's tragic. Sobriety is such a gift.

PurpleKnight

Yeap alcohol can be a serious business!!

Sorry you had to go through such a rough night LouLou!!

ALinNS

It a loaded gun so to speak, I know of two university students that died recently from alcohol poisoning, really sad.

Soberwolf

LouLou I can imagine your drained you done great staying sober x

strategery

I saw photos of what was going on on the internet this morning. Pretty awful.
A heavy night; New Year's Eve revellers, in pictures - Telegraph

Dee74

Thanks for your service LouLou.

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Anna

I'm sorry you had a bad evening, loulou.

soberclover

I'm sorry it was a bad night but very grateful you are hear sharing these words of wisdom. I have found that being in the helping field can be rewarding as much as it is draining.

Bekindalways

I found SR because I knew there were good things going on in the world that were not covered in the news.

Loulou's post and the pictures in the Telegraph really shed light on the importance of website's like SR. I wish we could have a picture of the many folks who have gotten sober here and stayed sober last night whether they stayed up late or went to bed. I wish we could measure the infinite good being done by all the folks who figured out a recovery plan and stuck it out.

Here is a big thanks to all of you. You have made this world a better place.

loulou1981

Crikey, just had a look, that was the theme for our eve!!! It started off so well, but after midnight it went absolutely mental! I was due to finish at 3am, but got off at 630! Just feeling very grateful!!!

charliesworld

Those pictures were taken around Manchester. That would have been me years ago before I reverted to drinking alone indoors. Thank God when I was doing that there was no social media!!

Ruby2

Lou Lou you can get some well needed rest. I looked at those pics Strat put up. Grim. The aftermath doesn't look so fun.

A sober friend of mine works in the emergency room at s hospital, not as s nurse, but she's always very busy after the holidays, and is grateful she's sober. What we do to ourselves.

Thank you for posting.