What to do with a drunk friend?!

[Wardo]

This is NOT a joke!

My friend has just knocked on my door and after I opened it he lost balance and reached for my arm. He can't remain standing up or even sit. I've dragged him to my bed. He is smelling pure alcohol and he hasn't eaten anything for over 8 hours. He's vomiting right now or at least trying to.

What the hell am I supposed to do? Force him to drink water after he pukes? Give him something to eat? Cold shower? I'll make a quick 10 minute search on Google and if I don't help myself I'm calling 911.

[LeftEyeNine]

Calm down, he's absolutely drunk. Cold shower works. You can get him a pure coffe without any additives. You can also try giving him pastry or bread and the likes so that they can absorb what may still be in his stomach.(Actually these are urban laws, don't ask for medical proof)

Let him rest but take some care in case something unexpected may happen. But the unconscious state and vomiting are general consequences of overdrinking alcohol. However as I said, check his state by intervals.

[Reenk Roink]

Try to keep him conscious as long as possible...

If he passes out, first turn him on his side (won't choke on vomit) and then call 9-11...

[Wardo]

Crap. I see that I'll spend the entire night awake then.

WTF! Why do people have to get completely wasted?! Drink, you bastards, but stop when you've had enough so that you can live without scarying the shit out of me to drink another day!

Yeah, that sounds about right. I have to keep checking for uconciousness. If he breathes less than 12 times a minute or at an interval longer than 10 seconds it's 911.

I'm not going to force anything down his throat nor give him a cold shower because frankly that seems like a hell of a hassle. I tried giving him a glass of water but he couldn't even raise his head to drink it.

I never got wasted myself (I know when to stop), nor had to take care of a drunkard before.

I'm not pissed with him nearly as much as I'm pissed with his friends who allowed him to drink god knows how many glass...BOTTLES! of whatever! Damn. I suppose if I liked to stuff myself with alcohol too the people I'm with would just allow me to do that wouldn't they? They wouldn't mind if I got myself to the verge of death, would they? And they'd just let me walk away ALONE wouldn't they?! WTF!!!

Thanks for the advice, btw.

[LeftEyeNine]

I'm never drunk, nor do I love those that are drunk. One may be my best friend, and if he's drunk, he's a drunk, not my best friend.

I had just hit back the topic to add what Reenk Roink just mentioned. He should rest turned to his sides.

[Husar]

I'm not pissed with him nearly as much as I'm pissed with his friends who allowed him to drink god knows how many glass...BOTTLES! of whatever! Damn. I suppose if I liked to stuff myself with alcohol too the people I'm with would just allow me to do that wouldn't they? They wouldn't mind if I got myself to the verge of death, would they? And they'd just let me walk away ALONE wouldn't they?! WTF!!!

Do you know whether his friends are doing better?
Also I think I never witnessed anyone being that seriously drunk, I hope he will recover soon so you can get some sleep.
I can understand your concerns, I never dealt with such a guy myself obviously.

[Geoffrey S]

Absolutely keep him on his side.

[Patriarch of Constantinople]

Absolutely keep him on his side.

Do it if you want him to live. If you want him to live

[Louis VI the Fat]

What to do with a drunk friend?!

[LeftEyeNine]

Aah there are even worse pranks available that will prevent him from getting drunk again for the rest of his life but...Well I love this place..

[InsaneApache]

If he's unconscious place him on his side, pull his top leg up into a flexed position to stop him rolling over. Place his top arm in front of his body, again flexed to stop him rolling over, tilt his head back slightly to help keep the airway clear. DO NOT give him anything to drink unless he is fully conscious. Keep him covered so he will be warm.

An unconscious casualty who is breathing but has no other life- threatening conditions should be placed in the Recovery Position.
Turn casualty onto their side.
Lift chin forward in open airway position and adjust hand under the cheek as necessary.
Check casualty cannot roll forwards or backwards.

Google for recovery/coma position.

If he vomits check that the airway is clear afterwards. If not you will have to clear it, the little finger is best for this. Check his breathing after he has vomited.

Then in the morning when he has awoken put some Black Sabbath on the cd as loud as you can, whilst frying bacon in the kitchen...tha'll teach the bugger to put on you.

[Wardo]

LeftEyeNine is right but that's still a pretty nice black nose.

Do you know whether his friends are doing better?

Good point. They might aswell be dying at some dark alleyway by now.

Anyway, you were all right. I managed to keep him on his side () and that was a very good idea because he puked, twice, about 30 and 5 minutes ago. The first time was quite impressive, Í've never seen anyone puke so much liquid before. Truly disgusting. That's alot of first timers for one night. Oh well, he seems to be getting better, he can speak now! But he's too tired to stay awake or say more than 4 words at once.

If things continue to get better, regular breathing, no more puking, moaning or groaning, I might be able to get some sleep myself. Just need to make sure there's no more puking on the way.

[Wardo]

If he's unconscious place him on his side, pull his top leg up into a flexed position to stop him rolling over. Place his top arm in front of his body, again flexed to stop him rolling over, tilt his head back slightly to help keep the airway clear. DO NOT give him anything to drink unless he is fully conscious. Keep him covered so he will be warm.



Google for recovery/coma position.

If he vomits check that the airway is clear afterwards. If not you will have to clear it, the little finger is best for this. Check his breathing after he has vomited.

Then in the morning when he has awoken put some Black Sabbath on the cd as loud as you can, whilst frying bacon in the kitchen...tha'll teach the bugger to put on you.

That's exactly what scared me, the possibility of having to play Nurse. Or whatever they call male-nurses. I don't even know where to start when he wakes up in the morning. It's better for him to show severe head-aches and weakness otherwise I got alot of to go around.

EDIT: Ahh what the hell...third puke a few mins ago. They are getting intense intense at each time. I hope this is the last one.

[Ice]

Poor kid, i puked my first time. To much vodka hurts.

[Somebody Else]

Get a video camera, and film him. Oh, and experiment with a permanent marker. And feathers.

Make him completely regret getting that drunk - and maybe he won't do it again. Plus you'll be able to embarress him quite comprehensively in the future. Oh, and scrawl some random 'phone number on his arm in lipstick, to confuse him further when he regains conciousness.

*edit* Damn! The Frenchman beat me to it... should read more before I post...

Then stick him in the 3/4 prone position in the bathroom or something remove anything from the floor that you don't want covered in sick. He won't die from it (probably). He'll feel dreadful in the morning though. If you're really really worried, to the point of motherly paranoia, take him to the hospital to have his stomach pumped. Or do it yourself.

[Divinus Arma]

Boy. I wish I saw this in time. Pretty simple. If he made it to your house, thats a good sign. Then you gotta figure out how long it has been since they drank. Less than one hour = getting drunker. more than one hour = wont get drunker.

Water water water water water

Ih he starts to twitch, call 911.

Good advise from folks about laying on the side. I always like to place my drunken friends on the lawn. Then perma-marker his dumb self.

[SwordsMaster]

Taking it one step further, spray paint. That doesn't come out in days.

[Somebody Else]

Taking it one step further, spray paint. That doesn't come out in days.

Electric razor.

[InsaneApache]

My brother had a party in the 70s and one guy who was at university came. Lots of drink and herbal substances. Passing him a 'herbal' cigarette, I said, " are you sure?", "Oh yeah!", he said, "we smoke 'herbal' cigarettes all the time at uni"....one hour later one comatose undergraduate of pure maths.

So....we stripped him down to his undercrackers, dressed him in my bros wifes frock and applied makeup, lipstick, rouge...that sort of thing.

Now bros parties were legendary...they could go on for two or three days. Sometime later the cry went up..."Let's all down to the pub!". What a good idea!!!!

Undergraduate comes around from his coma amid much merriment and laughter. Glancing around he sees he's 'in drag'. So again, amid much merriment and laughter he strips off and puts his clothes back on. BUT, he didn't look in the mirror!

Getting to the pub (our local at the time) we gets to the bar and proceeded to order the drinks. The Landlord takes one look at this garish apparition before him, a sort of post-apocalyptic vision of Alice Cooper and Gene Simmons on acid and says to him....."You can't come in here like that!".

'Ratty' for that was his nickname gets his jacket and puts it on. "Is that better?" he slurred...the Landlord just looked astounded....the rest of us nearly wet our pants laughing.

MORAL: Don't go to my bros parties and get off your head, and certainly don't 'crash out' if you do.

Ahh the joys of being a punk thirty years ago.

[doc_bean]

Most of the advice in this thread has been pretty good, usually we just throw people in bed and put them on their side when things like this happen. Be careful with the throwing part though, we once gave someone two bruised ribs and his bed collapsed a few days later

Boy. I wish I saw this in time. Pretty simple. If he made it to your house, thats a good sign. Then you gotta figure out how long it has been since they drank. Less than one hour = getting drunker. more than one hour = wont get drunker.

If he was really drinking a lot in the last hour or so, you might want to consider a glass of milk (if he was drinking beer anyway). Be careful though : the amount of vomit a human can contain is very impressive, but at least he won't get much more alcohol in his blood.

[KrooK]

Now make sure that he is breathing normally, put him on side, let him sleep and prepare yourself.
When he wake up, take a jar of cucumbers in brine and force him to drink water from these cucumbers. It's old polish trick on hangover - very good antidote on alcohol. If after this water he will want sleep again, let him do it. It means he is getting normal.
He probably won't be spue after it. But I can't promise.
Later prepare big number of water and of course kefir.
DO not let him leave your house without drinking water!!!

[Reenk Roink]

Gah! I don't know how many times I've been through this ordeal, dealing with a piss drunk person... Usually my uncle, who stays with us when my grandparents visit. A hardcore alcoholic. One of the reasons I'm essentially abstinent from the sauce...

Good to hear that everything is ok, hopefully your friend is unlike my uncle and learns a lesson.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

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[orangat]

Feed him salt and vinegar chips and kick him out.

[Geoffrey S]

Nastiest trick we played on a knocked-out chap at some student appartments was a few kicks up the backside, and putting him in a gay chap's bed (who was in on the joke, btw). The day after a few stories here and there really got him worried!

[Wardo]

Hehe, you guys are great.

Thanks for all the advice - health and prank.

Everything is fine now, for me at least. I was too optimistic, the guy puked 3 or 4 more times during the night & morning. He tried a glass of coke and rejected it in less than a minute, no I didn't knew he would fill a glass with coke instead of taking the glass of water I so kindly prepared like a loving mother for him. Anyway, he's rather fine now. Managed to keep some water in his stomach plus a peach, some soup, some bread.

I got plenty of blackmail material and I'm making sure this doesn't happen again. If it does, I'm not willing to repeat the experience . The next person to show up half dead in my front door will get dragged to a hospital.

Thanks again.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

What a thread to coincide with me watching Beerfest (with my friend from Germany) last night. What an excellent movie.

[The Stranger]

now this is one of the reasons i like this site. I think a cheers for the .org would do. now this :cheers: looks a bit unapropreate so what about an applejuice

[Ja'chyra]

Lol, very funny.

For next time fill him full of water before he falls asleep, then lie him on his side and let him sleep it off. If he starts twitching a lot then phone an ambulance but if he is sick all they would do is pump his stomach which he will probably manage himself so no point taking him to hospital, watch for blood in the vomit though, a little probably just means he has strained something but a lot could be serious. Everytime he wakes up get him to drink more especially if he is still vomiting as it reduces the strain on the gut from dry heaving.

Apart from that just leave him alone after you carry out every gag you can think of like shaving his head/eyebrows, tobasco sauce and egg white down the back of his shorts or good old fashioned chaining him naked to a lamp post.

[Incongruous]

Hey, hey theres nothing wrong with being Drunk, just don't force you'reself on a sober person, hang out with fellow piss heads and you're sweet.