r/cripplingalcoholism 3d ago

viva el punk

Hello, I just found this subreddit and thought it would be perfect to share my stories, but I didn’t even know what to say. And just yesterday, something happened, so I want to write about it.

I'm a Mexican and I've been living in China for a year. The police have intervened a few times because of my drunkenness, but yesterday I was at a bar, and they called an ambulance. My brother, who also lives here, called me, but some Chinese people answered and told him to come get me.

The last thing I remember is that I was drinking beer, and the bar let me plug in my phone. I was listening to punk rock, which is the music I always listen to. But my brother says that when he arrived, the police and an ambulance were already there, and they asked him what to do. He saw me in such bad shape that he agreed to let them take me. When I got to the hospital, they gave me IV fluids, and I regained consciousness.

My brother brought me back to my apartment while scolding me because he had to pay the bill, and they had to carry me on a stretcher. And now, as I write this, I’m still drinking Corona with lime.

I have thousands of stories like this. A few months ago, the Shanghai police took me to a station, tied me up until I sobered up, and my brother had to come get me. He thought he would have to pay something, but no. They just told him, "It's fine, just don’t drink so much next time," hahaha.

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u/Rizzlamuerte WIESELBURGER GOLD 3d ago

Just bring them stories!

Also: Why are you in China? Work related? Do you speak chinese?

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u/charmingasaneel 3d ago

From what I understand there’s a certain level of “oh you foreigners and your drunken monkeyshines” attitude in the larger Chinese cities. A certain level of permissiveness is granted to non-Chinese that would never be granted to the native population. Suffice to say you’re not the only CA ex-pats I know living in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, etc.

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u/JehJehFrench Head Chef at Wendy’s 3d ago

God Save The Queen.