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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMy most shocking moment from when I was a heavy alcoholic.
In the not so distant past I was a very heavy drinker. I have a vague recollection of getting up in the middle of the night one time to go to the toilet and I must have slipped and hit my head on the sink pretty hard, drawing blood. It barely registered and I went back to bed.
Sometime near noon the next day, I woke up with a cracked forehead in a puddle of blood to find that my wife had left me and had written a goodbye message on my chest with a Sharpie marker. In the bathroom sink there was a pool of blood that partially explained my situation.
I remember feeling very sorry for my self. I remember looking at the message written on my chest in horror.
I was shocked.
I was horrified.
I was appalled.
I mean, how could she misspell the word 'asshole' like that?
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)I'm glad your heavy drinking days are over.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)bluesbassman
(19,372 posts)I'm sure she was in a hurry.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)That's what she said!
It's not enough of an excuse, though.
Tobin S.
(10,418 posts)I mean a simple misspelling is no reason to hold a grudge.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)Oh, I don't hold grudge. I'm a fair man. Cruel and mean, but fair.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)the problem is everyone else telling them not to drink.
AnneD
(15,774 posts)with my brother. Eleven years sober and couldn't be any more proud of him. And of you too Ron. Are you sure of the misspelling? The chest hair may have distorted it.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)Only one 's'.
Give my regards to your brother! I bet he's a lot happier now, like I am.
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)the actor William Holden died. Anyway, if you're serious, I'm glad you were able to stop.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)I'm partially joking about being appalled about the misspelling, but the whole incident happened exactly as described, including the spelling error.
I'm glad I was able to stop too, even if it took a hospitalisation to make me see the errors of my ways. Oddly, I have no trouble being around alcohol now, and keeping it in the house and pouring drinks for other people. I wouldn't have believed that a few years ago!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)if ya know what I mean.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)I can't say she didn't have cause.. At some point I went from being a funny drinker to a mean drunk. She's repeated to me some of the things I said and did during those days that I have no recollection of at all, and it makes me shudder. It really is like someone else took over the controls during those times. It's eerie.
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Woke up one morning and realized I was "Mrs. Asshole".
Alcohol had nothing to do with it, in my case. He was a sober asshole.
Oh, and he'd had his hemorrhoids fixed several years before, so that made him a perfect asshole.