Worst Injury suffered caused by drunkeness!

aoife2k · 05-05-2008 02:30PM #1

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 · 05-05-2008 02:39PM

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

monkeyfudge · 05-05-2008 02:42PM

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 · 05-05-2008 02:47PM

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 · 05-05-2008 02:52PM

is marriage an injury ? :cool:

Will · 05-05-2008 02:57PM

more of a life sentence

Caoimhín · 05-05-2008 03:00PM

Cracked vertebrate.

Kur4mA · 05-05-2008 03:01PM

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 · 05-05-2008 03:14PM

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 · 05-05-2008 03:20PM

Broken Nose

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

)

aoife2k · 05-05-2008 04:46PM

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 · 05-05-2008 04:51PM

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

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 05-05-2008 04:51PM

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 · 05-05-2008 05:03PM

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 · 05-05-2008 07:50PM

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

ChewChew · 05-05-2008 08:01PM

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 · 05-05-2008 09:20PM

Waking up with Mingin' Mary. *shudders*.

Zaph · 05-05-2008 09:22PM

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 · 05-05-2008 09:26PM

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 · 05-05-2008 09:29PM

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 · 05-05-2008 09:39PM

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 · 05-05-2008 10:29PM

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 · 05-05-2008 10:42PM

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 · 05-05-2008 10:44PM

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 · 05-05-2008 10:50PM

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 · 05-05-2008 10:51PM

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 · 05-05-2008 10:57PM

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 · 05-05-2008 11:01PM

@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 · 05-05-2008 11:06PM

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 · 05-05-2008 11:13PM

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 · 06-05-2008 08:33AM

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....

Worst Injury suffered caused by drunkeness!

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