Have you ever drunk yourself to hospital?

Somehow I’ve managed to avoid it to now, though that’s not to say that I haven’t woken up with some quite glorious techicolour bruises after a night out (think they’ve all been self-inflicted, can’t be too sure to be honest…)

However, when I spent the night in A&E a couple of months ago I’d say that about 60% of the people there (most harrassing the lovely staff of St Thomas’) were there because they were shitfaced. I actually started to rise toward a moral highground. ME? In fact I was one of 5 who was put in side observation ward for the night, and was the only one there in a non-booze related fashion. I’ve never felt so smug in my life to be sober. The staff were lovely to all of us, but I didn’t get the ‘talk’, which was lovely…..

A friend of mine at college had a flour fight one night before falling down the stairs with a glass in her hand, which she promptly landed on and smashed. She and her two flatmates were taken off in an ambulance (they just going for the ride), all covered head to toe in flour and she with blood pouring from her buttocks (don’t want to say arse, could give the wrong image). Strangely she wasn’t terribly embarrassed.

Posted over 2 years ago by Tallulahlula

15 a week? Try 15 a day at my A&E department, and that’s in snooty Kensington & Chelsea. Although maybe they mean people admitted to the wards – but even then our figures are similar if not worse. Most of ours are due to alcohol-related injuries, with a minority due to overdose involving alcohol and other drugs.

And I agree that, in my own experience from work, that things have definitely gotten worse since the licencing laws were relaxed. Initially I was in favour of the change, but now I’ve changed my mind.

I can’t tell you all my booze-related-A&E stories (not me as the patient I hasten to add) because I don’t have a spare 3 days to list them all.

Posted over 2 years ago by SFULG

Unfortunately, I have. When I was about 15, 2 friends and I got into one of Guildford’s dodgier pubs (yes, it does have them). Pretty much all I remember is that it was hot and sunny, a pub bench table was covered in glasses about 3 hours later, many of them scotch tumblers and I was in the back of an ambulance with my stomach full of activated charcoal. Yum.

Posted over 2 years ago by esotericbadger

Haven’t actually had to be taken to hospital due to drinking, well not directly. I was at a party one evening and had just a little too much to drink, this was noticed and someone suggested that I sat down. I did and missed the settee by 3 feet !! Landing on the floor with a bump I bashed the back of my head against the wall, putting a dent into the plaster and a crack in the back of my head. Anyway – I was so drink I didn’t feel it, and was put to bed by someone. I woke in the middle of the night and felt sort of wet (round the head), so not really knowing what time or day it was, I called out for someone to take a look. Light went on followed by screams – the pillow and most of my head was covered in blood. Well a head wound does bleed a lot.

Anyway – ambulance was called and I was taken to hospital, x-ray, stitched and kept in for three days. Maybe just to sober up.

... and I didn’t feel a thing.

Mighty powerful anesthetic is alcohol !!

Posted over 2 years ago by cobo04

My mate had to go to A&E when she lent her head with a bit too much force back against the porch she was sitting in. I had to sit with her while she was crying that she was taking resources from people who were really injured (a socialist even when she’s pissed). Thankfully she just needed a couple of stiches, but she had one hell of a headache the day after!

Posted over 2 years ago by ribbit

hoho. three weeks ago my flat had a tequila night, and i had to have a ” caution cleaning in progress” cone cut off my wrist. there was a hole in the top and i stupidly decided to see if it would fit onto my arm. it did. it got stuck. it hurt. the situation wasnt helped by my lovely flatmates editing it to read ” pisshead in progress”. luckily our uni is two minutes from the local A&E ( handy) and i had to suffer a humiliating walk down hill to the soundtrack of horns beeping and drunks cheering. serves me right really. thank god that A&E was dead. the doctors were lovely to be fair, which might have been because i had sobered up considerably or because it was a quite frankly hilarious sight.

one trick i wont be trying again soon

Posted about 1 year ago by ponine tipped with 2K

Bloody students.

Posted about 1 year ago by Babb

1. hangs head in shame #

Posted about 1 year ago by ponine