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jeffrey_pdx

(222 posts)
Wed Nov 5, 2014, 09:52 PM Nov 2014

I recently split my lip open.

I was drunk and don't know what happened. Was I in a fight, did I just fall down? Anyway I'll have a scar for the rest of my life.

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I recently split my lip open. (Original Post) jeffrey_pdx Nov 2014 OP
how are you doing today brother? irisblue Nov 2014 #1
much better jeffrey_pdx Nov 2014 #2
Since you posted this in the addiction/recovery forum, not to sound cold...... pablo_marmol Nov 2014 #3
I was joking about getting in a fight jeffrey_pdx Nov 2014 #4
"Hopefully, no more "bad days", ever." pablo_marmol Nov 2014 #5
I live with a scar on my neck as a constant reminder of what might have been Electric Monk Nov 2014 #6

jeffrey_pdx

(222 posts)
2. much better
Wed Nov 12, 2014, 11:29 PM
Nov 2014

Haven't drank since and it is slowly healing. Might have a small scar but nothing bad.

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)
3. Since you posted this in the addiction/recovery forum, not to sound cold......
Thu Nov 13, 2014, 03:42 AM
Nov 2014

.......but I don't miss the 'bad ole days' at all.

My ritual whenever I would wake up or come to was to go through a series of movements to see if I had damaged a leg, arm, my shoulders, or back. Next was gently touching my face to see if anything was broken or split. Usually I'd be able to tell what I had damaged immediately upon coming to.....but not always.

Nope. Don't miss those days AT ALL.

jeffrey_pdx

(222 posts)
4. I was joking about getting in a fight
Fri Nov 14, 2014, 01:28 AM
Nov 2014

I'm sure I fell in my apartment, but I don't remember it. Not a good sign. Hopefully, no more "bad days", ever.

 

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)
6. I live with a scar on my neck as a constant reminder of what might have been
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 12:21 AM
Nov 2014

It was from a slip and fall on an icy sidewalk, but I was drunk. I landed on a metal stake sticking out of the ground, and I don't know how the outcome wasn't way worse. I'll wear this scar to the grave, aware of what might have been. If it had been just a little deeper, or an inch to one side or the other, I probably wouldn't be typing this now, I'd be pushing up daisies. I finally checked myself into rehab not long after.

Best of luck with your recovery. The first step is acknowledging that you have a problem, and when you find yourself physically injuring yourself then it's a pretty big clue that you just might have a problem.

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