Worst Injury suffered caused by drunkeness!

aoife2k

Ok, so we all like a drink (duh)...so have you ever had a major injury as a result of over-indulging shall we say?

Saturday night I came home and bounced off my sink en route to the floor after a night of Southern Comfort and Diet Coke. I can't actually remember the fall happening, but now I have a broken rib. I'm quite proud of it and am proud that it was caused by So-Co and not anything else....so spill your worst drunken injuries...oh and sympathise with me!:D

Kur4mA

A badly fractured ankle which has been buggered ever since. I have since fractured the same ankle another 3 times.

monkeyfudge

A piggy back ride gone wrong last year ended up with me having one big bruise that ran from half way up my thigh down to the sole of my foot.

I didn't know bruises could get that big.

son.of.jimi

Like Monkeyfudges.... A terrible mess of a Piggy-back ride ! A friend was on my back as we stumbled out of Time in Naas and as i went to step up the Kerb i twisted my right foot right around and tore all the tendons and ligaments, Can't feel thhe bottom of my foot either! Also split the left knee ope in the fall.... And my friend stayed on me asking me why i fell!!!

Jack Daniels 1 - Son.Of.Jimi 0

trout

is marriage an injury ? :cool:

Will

more of a life sentence

Caoimhín

Cracked vertebrate.

Kur4mA

Oops! I forgot to tell the story of how I fractured my ankle. As you'd expect, alcohol was involved... and plenty of it.

This is actually weird since monkeyfudge has replied but anyway! I was coming out of a nightclub with a large group of friends and as we were walking past a sheltered bus stop, I decided it would be bloody hysterical for me to climb on it and swing around the place like a monkey, scratching my armpits for added effect.

I managed to jump up and grab one of the bars just below the roof of the shelter. I was laughing like a loon but unfortunately never even got a single chance at a proper climb, swing or armpit scratch because it had been absolutely pishing rain and my hand immediately slipped off the shelter. In my drunken condition, I thought nothing of this until I hit the ground hard with my foot turned and twisted in on itself. I then started making monkey sounds and rolling around on the ground.

Zaph

Only ever suffered one drunken injury, generally have enough self-preservation instinct to avoid doing any real harm. Actually I mentioned it recently in the bar (I think) where I went face first over the handlebars of a bike. Cycling drunk should be discouraged at all times, although the injuries were mainly superficial - a load of cuts to my face, a fairly badly cut knee and a few biggish bruises. The shredded trousers and mangled glasses were evidence that they came out of it worse than me.

Agent Smith

Broken Nose


(i didnt get into a Fight, i misjuded the step )

aoife2k

Such wonderful war stories! I love having stories to tell about drunken antics Except my non ability to wear a bra is really starting to bug me

Where's Fr.Dougal when ya need a good cup of tea !!! I mean pint of Southern Comfort to kill the pain...lol

Sangre

not my injury but i'm gong to have to go with.....abortion.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Slightly OT, but if you plan on falling off a building or something, it's best to do it drunk.

When you fall sober, the natural reaction is to tense up which does more damage to you internal organs than if you were drunk and your reactions inhibited.

SheRa

aoife2k wrote: »

Except my non ability to wear a bra is really starting to bug me

Aoife Im sure that any lads that you were with weren't complaining:D:D

Sangre, Janey!! :eek::eek: Not sure if you are a girl or guy, but my sympathies are with you. Even in my non soberness I dint know what to say.

Ginny

I was dropped down 2 flights of marble stairs by a drunken english trucker, broke my neck.

ChewChew

Last weekend, myself and the gang went for a 'quiet' few in a bar in Lucan.

We there was 4 of us. 2 left at 12.30 and myself and 1 other stayed on. we ended up drinkin southern comfort and west coast cooler. then we went to a club. very drunk.

we only budgeted for a quiet night, so as we were running out of money, we could only afford the southern comfort. so we were drinking it straight. urrrggghhhhh.

I got home at 3am. standing on my doorstep looking for my key. dropped the key. dropped the bag. everything fell out of the bag. so I bent down to pick them up, but everytime I ended up head butting the door.

then I caught my hair in the letterbox. pulling chunks out.

then my poor ma had to come down and let me in. hahaha. poor woman thought the house was being broken into :rolleyes:

truecrippler

Waking up with Mingin' Mary. *shudders*.

Zaph

GinnyJo wrote: »

I was dropped down 2 flights of marble stairs by a drunken english trucker, broke my neck.

:eek::eek::eek:

Fuppin' hell, I think we have a winner!

Ginny

It gets better, it was missed for over a year, now I have a constant stable fracture in my neck, top 3 verterbra are barely connected to the rest.

Zaph

I have absolutely no idea what a constant stable fracture is, but it doesn't sound good. Is it OK or is that something you have to be careful of?

Don1

Holy crap Ginny!! Nice one!!

I have never injured myself apart from the odd cut or bruise. A friend did dive into an empty pool and broke his neck though!

Ginny

It means it will never heal, but that I won't be paralysed by everyday activity,
to put it in perspective, I used to do kickboxing, that was allowed but proper competing wasn't just in case.

trout

Zaph wrote: »

I have absolutely no idea what a constant stable fracture is, but it doesn't sound good. Is it OK or is that something you have to be careful of?

Ouch! This type of injury is the main reason spear tackles are banned in Rugby.

*thinks ... Zaph has no interest in Rugby, and wouldn't know a spear tackle if it jumped up and kissed him on the lips*

Each case stands on it's own merits ... but generally speaking, any cervical fracture, or neck break, is bad news, and to be avoided at all costs.

@Ginnyjo ... I do hope you had words with that drunken trucker :mad: Are you still getting regular after-care ?

Zaph

trout wrote: »

*thinks ... Zaph has no interest in Rugby, and wouldn't know a spear tackle if it jumped up and kissed him on the lips*

Actually I do from watching rugby league. Now that's proper rugby.

Thought you were off watching a film, is it over already?

trout

Zaph wrote: »

Actually I do from watching rugby league. Now that's proper rugby.

Don't make me ban you :rolleyes:

Zaph wrote: »

Thought you were off watching a film, is it over already?

Yup. Cracking movie ... highly recommended, if you like yore Westerns ... and who doesn't ?

Ginny

Ha trout, a lovely consultant in a certain Hospital near to you and I told me
"sure everyones neck makes noise"
tbh I was treated ****tly by all concerned and was basically told it wasn't serious and to get over it.
Oh this was after they missed the fracture the first time, and I had to point it out to the consultant the second time..
Its vetween C2 and C3, afaik I'll just have crappy movement in my neck as I get older, it also has fecked up my neck and shoulder muscles as they over compensated for it when it happened.

Zaph

trout wrote: »

Yup. Cracking movie ... highly recommended, if you like yore Westerns ... and who doesn't ?

Yep, saw it a couple of months ago, excellent film. If you're a fan of westerns check out The Proposition. It's set in the Australian outback but it's as good a western as you'll see. It was written by Nick Cave, who also did the music for it.

trout

@Ginnyjo ... I'm sure you know by now, any cervical damange can be serious.
Muscular problems can be reduced with a range of simple exercises.
Are you getting scheduled after-care ?

trout

Zaph wrote: »

If you're a fan of westerns check out The Proposition. It's set in the Australian outback but it's as good a western as you'll see. It was written by Nick Cave, who also did the music for it.

I'll be sure to check this out. Not many movies can involve Nick Cave AND come recommended by Zaph

Ginny

Nope Trout, hospital wrote me off the out patients about 6 years ago, thats about 2 years after it happened and about a year after they copped it happened.
And being a blonde thinking back now the neck wasn't the drunker trucker, the neck was the car crash, the drunken trucker left me with bad concussion and a bruised brain, and I'm blaming that and the tiredness on getting the friggin injuries mixed up, only copped it when I did the year maths.

aoife2k

Broken necks?! Woah, some hardcore drinkers in here me thinks However, I am more inclined to blame the ridiculously high platform shoes I was wearing and not the alcohol, Southern Comfort would never let me injure myself surly....

donmeister

well sirs/sir-esses,about a year ago,drinking with friends,got really drunk,and on the way into town fell in a thorn bush + ended up putting one straight down my face(still visble scars),looked like action man,the fell onto a wall and ****ed up around eye/forehead,and a massive cut on my hand from broken glass@!which then got infected..........:(.........never got that drunk since

homerjay2005

myself - cracked ribs

but nothing as bad as me mate -

6 stitches above the eye after an indicent with a shopping trolly during rag week.

aoife2k

hooray for Rag Week

markk06

Broken jaw off a curb the night i finished my finals... It still hurts when I eat a year later.

Kur4mA

OMG! Ginny you win this by a feckin long way. :eek:

nkay1985

Thankfully I've been ok but a friend of mine came back form a weekend in Galway and looked ok...until he lifted up his hair that is. About 6 inches long of his skull was stapled together! Think it may have been a trolley incident also.

Rozabeez

son.of.jimi wrote: »

And my friend stayed on me asking me why i fell!!!

Jack Daniels 1 - Son.Of.Jimi 0

I can imagine their confusion, "Why you do that? I was having fun!!"

I tend to injure myself a lot, mostly sober though. I did sprain my ankle really bad whilst dressed as a pirate and in really high boots, all I can remember is leaning forward and not stopping, then being all "Wtf?!" on the ground outside some hotel in the Curragh.

aoife2k

Well i'm going out again tonight (depending on whether or not I get this stupid essay done) and drinking but have no high heels thankfully...my mom wouldnt' let me bring them with me ha ha ha ha...if i was packing my own bag of course they'd have been stuck in but couldn't pack it myself.

Southern Comfort and Aoife's Mum 1 - Aoife, college assignments and exams 0!

Rozabeez

Oh god, why mention rag week? My mental wellbeing suffered a lot of injury that week... getting stuck in an office during a bar ex with a not-very-attractive guy, losing a pair of good shoes for a few days (got them back!) and various other things I choose to block out.

Mental injury is worse than physical...

homerjay2005

aoife2k wrote: »

hooray for Rag Week

yep. 5 of the craziest weeks of me life. ah, good times. one of me mates also hopped himself off a signpost while jumping into a roundbout. dont know how he managed to do it to this day.

aoife2k

homerjay2005 wrote: »

yep. 5 of the craziest weeks of me life.

BossArky

On my work leaving do in France I managed to cycle full pelt into Strasbourg cathedral, head down on a racing bike.

Never went to a doc but was in serious pain and think I fractured some fingers in my right hand. Couldn't straighten them or type properly for a few weeks afterwards.

It was a great night though!

Clare Bear

monkeyfudge wrote: »

A piggy back ride gone wrong last year ended up with me having one big bruise that ran from half way up my thigh down to the sole of my foot.

I didn't know bruises could get that big.

Show the photo! Show the photo! That was nasty!

Tom Dunne

Does getting smacked by an ex count?

I was under the confluence, at the end of the night, and noticed the ex (who was around 5 foot tall) and her rather masculine female friend (who was about 6 foot tall).

I turned to one of the lads and said (in my quietest drunken voice) "OH LOOK, IT'S THE HOG AND THE SLAVE", my term of endearment for them.

About 2 seconds later I saw stars. Of the bad kind.

Rozabeez

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Does getting smacked by an ex count?

I was under the confluence, at the end of the night, and noticed the ex (who was around 5 foot tall) and her rather masculine female friend (who was about 6 foot tall).

I turned to one of the lads and said (in my quietest drunken voice) "OH LOOK, IT'S THE HOG AND THE SLAVE", my term of endearment for them.

About 2 seconds later I saw stars. Of the bad kind.

Bravo!

Aisling(",)

why did my post dissapear?

Tom Dunne

Aisling(",) wrote: »

why did my post dissapear?

Because boasting about being drunk at 14 is not acceptable in BGRH.

Aisling(",)

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Because boasting about being drunk at 14 is not acceptable in BGRH.

i wasnt boasting just saying what happened!!!

Zaph

Aisling(",) wrote: »

i wasnt boasting just saying what happened!!!

Despite appearances to the contrary, BGRH actually takes a responsible attitude to drinking. Allowing a post written by a 16 year old about her drinking activities at 14 to stand is irresponsible, no matter how you look at it. For a start it could be seen as Boards condoning underage drinking, and the last thing anyone needs is Hysterical from Mullingar writing to the papers about how the internet is promoting teenage drinking. But even apart from that, this is a forum for mature adults who know what is acceptable and what isn't. There's no doubt that several regulars here are old enough to be your parents, and what parents would want their teenage daughter posting on the internet about how badly they've hurt themselves while under the influence?

aoife2k

I'm afraid I agree with Zaph Aisling(",)

P.S I'm off out drinking now...laters BGRHers