So, I was the drunk guy at Army/Navy

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CN: or I'm sure that's what the first aid folks, thought. However, both of my friends were trying to stick up for me that it was definitely something else. Seems a good bet it was some kind of food poisoning though I had some violent additional reaction.

A good friend of mine comes up with a huge group, has a huge tailgating setup, alcohol, etc.... I arrived around 10am or so, started drinking then, but not heavily. I had had breakfast and was picking on food the whole time as well. Around 1:30pm we headed into the game. In that 3.5 hours, I think I had 2 or 3 beers and 3 mixed drinks. I had a portion of a small bowl of chili (wasn't that tasty), a cheeseburger, a small chicken parmigian sandwich, and just some chips/pickings stuff. All in all, I would have said it was an average tailgater's experience.

Well, I don't really remember going to our seats, but I do remember being in them. My friend said I got up to use the restroom and fell across the row of people (don't remember). I remember getting to the bathroom and just becoming an absolute mess. I was disoriented, physically uncoordinated, vomiting, crapping, going in and out of consciousness.... Finally, my friend had first aid come and take me away. Luckily, I wasn't aware enough to be embarrassed, but I'm sure it was.

I spent several hours there, where they tried to hydrate me, but they put cold fluids into me, so I was shivering violently. I actually don't really remember any part of being there (couple hour memory gap) until the game was over and they moved me to Methodist Hospital. They had me wrapped up like a mummy trying to warm me and it wasn't working. They were asking me questions, and I was answering, and I heard them saying how I couldn't answer anything coherently when they first got me (don't remember being asked anything before that).

At the ER, my friends were firmly holding their ground, that they don't believe I had anywhere near the alcohol to fit with the rest of this picture. My one friend mentioned something we may have eaten but I don't think they really entertained it - well, that friend spent nearly ALL of today at his house with the runs. My bloodwork came back normal, cardio came back ok, etc. They told me they were going to do a head CT and heart CT but it was taking forever. At 10pm when they said they were going to admit me just to keep watching, I decided I had enough. We signed AMA and went home. At 3am and 5am, I crapped out what was left in my system. I've eaten a little bit but my stomach has been churning all day still.

Looking back, it felt like my worst drunken experience but even worse. Lost memory, vomiting, falling over, whatever, but I just didn't drink that much. I would have had to be shotgunning one drink after another while I was there. There was a huge liqour spread with an ice luge for shots, of which I didn't participate at all. The guys next to use were doing beer bongs, I didn't touch it (never done those, actually). It's just so out of sync. But, I'm sure to all the witnesses, they thought I was just some blithering drunk, and I really hate that.

alright, do your worst......