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Posted: Mar 21 2008 04:37 pm

Seriously...my best friend/roommate threatened me, that if I didn't let him drive after his girlfriend, he was going to slit his throat, the sad thing is I'm 100% sure he would have done it. (He was intoxicated)

They broke up minutes earlier and she stormed off threatening to call the cops. The cops did eventually come. I didn't mention anything about it to them because I had calmed him down (a.k.a. tackled him and chocked him out enough) and got her on the phone so he didn't have to leave in his current state. I literally had to hide every sharp object in the house in my room.

How the fuck would you guys have handled that situation. There is about a 100% chance he was getting arrested if he left.

Joined: Aug 24 2005 Location: Mount Holly, NJ Posts: 1062

First... water in the face... if that doesn't work-

Punch as hard as I can, aiming for the chin... prepare for broken hand.

I think in that instance, you have to try to keep him from leaving the house at all costs... which means knocking the mother fucker out cold. He'd probably be sore when he woke up, but in a month or so, he'd probably thank you.

Posted: Mar 21 2008 04:45 pm

I definitly had my fist clinched and ready to unleash, but when your sober and the other persons drunk they can be extremely hard to handle. Picture him as a drunk rabbit, with alligator tails for arms.

Posted: Mar 21 2008 05:35 pm

i hate being in that situation douche. thank god its only happened maybe like once or twice ever. but you handled it the best you could on such short notice so you cant really feel bad about it. only hope your roommate learns something and isnt a dick about it the next time he gets drunk.

Posted: Mar 21 2008 05:42 pm

I'll tell you that I wouldn't choke him unconscious... but that's mostly because I can't do that to anyone except weak, frail little kids... Wait Shocked

Seriously though, incapacitating him was probably a smart move.

Posted: Mar 21 2008 08:44 pm

I would've made better choices when picking my company for that evening.

Posted: Mar 21 2008 08:47 pm

I had to choke him out a couple times cause he kept screaming. I was holding him on the ground and he starts screaming rape as loud as he can thinking im gonna let him up or something. I have never wanted to punch him before in my life until last night/this morning. I'm sure it will happen again though so I gotta have a game plan ready.

Posted: Mar 21 2008 08:52 pm

-bjork- wrote:

I would've made better choices when picking my company for that evening.

They were all girls so it's not like they could of helped much, plus he was in a drunken rage I'm not trying to put them into any danger.

Posted: Mar 21 2008 08:59 pm

Keep a shilleglagh handy. Or a 5-iron. Or a Lousiville. Or chloroform. Just wait til he heads for the door and take him from behind. You could also rabbit punch him if you'd rather go unarmed.

Posted: Mar 21 2008 10:59 pm

I've had far too many of these situations at my house, i just started banning company from staying the night until I find some less alky freinds.
I'm usually nap time when I get too much drink, but everyone I know and hangout with all match the description of Douche's friend. Confused

And the only downside to Valdronius's suggestion is that everyone knows where my tonfu is and they usually have it in hand by the time someone needs to use it against them to stop their rampage. Mad

Make him feel really bad about it, maybe you could inject some new story material and scare him into not getting that drunk again. Idea

Posted: Mar 21 2008 11:26 pm

I have a dumbass friend who told a girl he'd kill himself if they broke up just to prevent them from breaking up.

But yeah, I'd knock the fucker out.

Posted: Mar 22 2008 01:54 pm

I used to deal with this stuff a lot when I was head of security at college. We were always trained that if someone is threatening violence or suicide that it was ok to get them down to the ground and keep a knee on them until help arrived.

Granted, there were a few times that you had to knock the fuckface out, and that was seen as ok too if you really didn't think you'd be able to keep him down or you thought he could hurt you. We usually used a couple of elbows to the temple. That did it.

Posted: Mar 22 2008 04:29 pm

Violence is usually the last thing I would try to use, but damn its hard to rationalize the situation with a drunk person. It's like all he heard was sure I'll let you go. When I really said When your sober and less likely to go out there and kill someone with your car, then sure Ill let you go.

Posted: Mar 22 2008 05:23 pm

yeah, fighting my friends is the last thing i think i would ever do. I dont think i would be able to lay a hand on them. but i would def talk to this dood when he is sober about it and make him realize what a dick he was for putting you in that situation. and tell him to grow a pair while hes at it. and once again another example of how women are the devil (i know women had little to do w/this but i still like to call them that lol)

Posted: Mar 22 2008 07:22 pm

Douche McCallister wrote:

-bjork- wrote:

I would've made better choices when picking my company for that evening.

They were all girls so it's not like they could of helped much, plus he was in a drunken rage I'm not trying to put them into any danger.

I guess I phrased that wrong, then. Let me try again.

I would have a better class of friends, so I wouldn't have been in this kind of situation at all to begin with.

Posted: Mar 22 2008 07:33 pm

He's not like an alcoholic or anything.

I'm not gonna base a friendship with someone i've known on how they can handle their liquor. He doesn't normally get like that. He was laying down in his room and his g/f stopped over unannounced and broke up with him. You'd have to understand what he's been through I guess.

Posted: Mar 22 2008 07:40 pm

Douche McCallister wrote:

He's not like an alcoholic or anything.

I'm not gonna base a friendship with someone i've known on how they can handle their liquor. He doesn't normally get like that. He was laying down in his room and his g/f stopped over unannounced and broke up with him. You'd have to understand what he's been through I guess.

You sound like a wife sticking up for her batterer husband. Stuff like this doesn't just magically happen out of the blue, and lots of people go through breakups daily without such drama.

Posted: Mar 22 2008 07:56 pm

none of my buddy's have gotten irrational like that, though my bassist gets so fucking emotional when he's drunk...then he pukes. Meh, just take it for what it is. I can't imagine how I'd react if I was sober and that happened. Just talk to him about it when he's sober, it'll blow over...

Posted: Mar 22 2008 09:24 pm

-bjork- wrote:

Douche McCallister wrote:

He's not like an alcoholic or anything.

I'm not gonna base a friendship with someone i've known on how they can handle their liquor. He doesn't normally get like that. He was laying down in his room and his g/f stopped over unannounced and broke up with him. You'd have to understand what he's been through I guess.

You sound like a wife sticking up for her batterer husband. Stuff like this doesn't just magically happen out of the blue, and lots of people go through breakups daily without such drama.

I actually sound like a friend trying to defend my friend, he's like a brother to me. I care about my friends to no end, otherwise they would just be random people. Both his g/f and him are in the wrong in certain perspectives. I in no way glorify or warrant his actions, obviously, but the guy has been through so much, its hard not to feel for him. Try being less of a robot.

It's already blown over he thanked me for not letting him do anything stupid.

Posted: Mar 22 2008 11:28 pm

Next time, just tell him to drink more, and hopefully the fucker will puke and pass out.

Posted: Mar 22 2008 11:43 pm

He did that and puked as well, he was on the verge of passing out when she came over and that whole thing started.

Posted: Mar 23 2008 03:50 am

Douche McCallister wrote:

I actually sound like a friend trying to defend my friend, he's like a brother to me. I care about my friends to no end, otherwise they would just be random people. Both his g/f and him are in the wrong in certain perspectives. I in no way glorify or warrant his actions, obviously, but the guy has been through so much, its hard not to feel for him. Try being less of a robot.

It's already blown over he thanked me for not letting him do anything stupid.

You're glorifying and warranting his actions by treating them as if they're almost an afterthought. It was obviously a problem in your mind, or this thread would not exist. You asked what we would have done, and I gave my honest answer. Sorry if I don't associate with dregs who allow their substance abuse problems to put themselves (or me) in jeopardy.

Posted: Mar 23 2008 05:02 am

You've each made your point. Let's move on.

Posted: Mar 23 2008 05:29 am

yeah, val is right. both of you have your points, but i tend to have DM's back because i been there more often than not.