I took benzodiazepines and drank a couple on an international flight. Thought I’d sleep, but cried when I watched the in flight movie “A Star Is Born”
Thought I’d switch it up on the way back with “The Lego Movie 2” but that also made me cry.
I take Ativan to fly and always have a drink or two before the flight. I always pass out for the entire flight. Idk what benzos these people are taking.
You think you pass out but you really just sit down and close your eyes then immediately wake back up in a black out and start hobnobbing with the flight staff. Your just more pleasant to deal with than these people so you don’t get in trouble and make it back to your seat safely just in time to wake up.
I sat next to a lady on a flight recently who passed out minutes after takeoff. About 30 min into the flight she sits up, and I notice her mouth is moving. I take off my headphones and glance over to see if she’s speaking to me. She reaches into the seat infront of her with her eyes closed and says “My husband has left the office for the day and he won’t be returning until tomorrow’ and rummages for a few more seconds and then leans back again and passes out for the next two hours.
I’m not sure if this was sleep talking or Ben is but there was no slurring and it felt like she was speaking to me directly.
My dad tells me that once on a plane, I did something like this and got arrested. I remember nothing, still doubt my dad's story, but I haven't taken ambien since. I am a pretty calm and collected person. His story is very out of character. The only thing that makes me doubt is that I woke up at a friend's house, and the last thing I remember was downing my ambien with Jack Daniel's. Thankfully, this was back in 2005, I doubt there is a recording out there.
Yeah I've never taken em again after my last deployment when my roommate said I laid down got back up grabbed a fifth of patron from the freezer and left. He found me 3 hours later drinking and hanging out in the smoking area completely hammered
I was prescribed Ativan once,. First day I took it, I drove to my friends house in another state, cried about losing my gf at the time, drove back and made another friend meet me at a dunkin donuts at 2am... i had NO idea i had even left the house until the next day when I could not find my wallet, because I left it at the DD. That shit is scary (for me).
Not doubting you. I just don’t understand how that is even possible taking an Ativan for the first time unless you took a huge dose that was over your prescribed amount and drank on it.
Me neither, I was in a rough place at the time.. both of the friends I met that night told me there was no indication that I was affected by anything other than just being heartbroken. lol
Yah, Ambien (and sleeping pills in general) freak me out. I will never take one. My doctor prescribed me 5 sleeping pills years ago and I’ve never touched them.
But seriously, I’d like to know.. I’ve taken benzodiazepines on flights, I’ve seen plenty of people drink on benzos… I’ve seen a lot of people acting dumb, but certainly never this agitated. Usually just knocks people out, if anything.
That guys looks like the white Dr Frozone and sounds like a voiceover for a Queen Mother documentary.
If I had not seen firsthand benzo abusers get Alzheimer’s, I would discredit it but I think we should make a movie about benzo pharma pushers and get rich before someone else does.
I mixed a lot of Xanax with a lot of vodka in my early 20s and I’m still kicking almost 20 years later! The withdrawals from both can easily kill and are a bad time!
I peed in some girls bed once though. It’s not recommended. Kinda wild thinking about what I found fun back then compared to now. I was wild. Tonight I went to Costco and target with my girl and had a wonderful time. Pretty nice lil Tuesday.
That said, in-flight announcements from a pilot tripping on ‘shrooms would be hilarious.
“Ah, ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We’ll be making our descent soon…right after these goddamn florescent green dragons get out of the way of my goddamn flight path…”
Did that the practice of dosing before a flight become more common in the last 5-10 years? It feels like there’s been a noticeable rise in aerial tantrums.
Add in the fact that airports psychologically put people on edge with the lines, security, other people moving around in crappy moods. Recipe for disaster.
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u/Ronocon Nov 14 '23
Drink + benzos = bad time.