stupidest bet i've ever taken
i've always had a weight problem and, as a teenager, my doctor gave me a months' supply of slimming pills. i was young, therefore had no reason to distrust my doctor. i thought they'd work.

they didn't.

they made me feel like i had a bowling ball in my stomach for 2 hours. when this feeling wore off, i was ravenous and ate even more.
after 2 weeks of this, i had gained 3 pounds and was very pissed off.
i decided to get drunk with a friend of mine. after rather a lot of vodka, my friend said "i dare you to take the rest of those pills and see what happens"*
like a complete and utter fuckwit, i did.
it wasn't until i went to bed that night that i realised what i'd done. lying there, i thought "shit, i might have just killed myself!"
unfortunately, i was far too drunk to do anything about it.
fortunately, i didn't die.
what did happen was that i woke up the next morning, completely off my tits. my jaw was going like a dremel and my eyes were practically revolving. i called my friend, who came right over.
"shit!" she said, "you're speeding your box off! you'd better stay at mine for the night. if your mum sees you, she'll fucking scalp you!"

and so, off i went to my friend's flat. for 3 days, i couldn't eat, sleep or sit still. her flat has never been so clean.
when i finally started to feel tired, i went home. mum was used to me taking off to my mate's place, so she didn't question my disappearance.
i went upstairs, collapsed into my bed and slept for 16 hours.
when i woke up, i felt like hammered shit.
the one good thing about this was that i vowed never to do anything so stupid again.

i've done loads more stupid shit over the years, but nothing quite as bad as that. i learned my lesson.

*if she'd thought for one second i'd actually do it, she'd never have suggested it.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 8 May 2009, 0:49, 2 replies)

Did you lose weight?

(Super Oaf Petit filous?, Fri 8 May 2009, 9:15, closed)

no
i had to have a gastric bypass for that.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 8 May 2009, 11:40, closed)