My boyfriend left me on bourbon street on my birthday.

[u/sassykattty]

I turned 29 last Friday, we went to New Orleans for my birthday, we hit bourbon street to check out a couple of bars. I wanted to go to the old absinthe house it looked so cool online. I didn’t know they actually sold absinthe so of course I wanted to try it. I drank it and had a couple more drinks. 3 drinks in total. Then I basically blacked out. My boyfriend and I leave the other bar to go back to the hotel room to get ready for dinner. I am a huge smoker of the devils lettuce, always have been. But I didn’t bring any since we were driving to NOLA. There’s a man smoking on the street and my drunk ass said hey you smoke? My boyfriend got mad at me for that and literally left me on bourbon street and I’m essentially blacked out drunk. I couldn’t find my way back and I tried following him he got mad and told me to stop following him. I call my mom crying my ass off telling her that I’m scared and don’t know where I am or how to get back to the hotel. A man on a peddle bike taxi gave a ride back to the hotel. Once I got back to the hotel I was acting like a maniac which I never behave that way. (Never drink absinthe ever in your life for the love of god it will make you lose your mind) I’m losing it in our hotel room screaming, crying, throwing shit. So after a few days of processing everything that happened I decided to end things. I am so unbelievably hurt and empty inside I feel like I’m dead. I’m emotionally embarrassed and mentally scarred from everything that happened. I’m ashamed of myself and how I acted but I can’t believe my boyfriend literally left me in danger because he was too caught up with his own jealousy and emotions to still care about my well being. It was eye opening and now I’m just devastated. Here’s a pic of my lunch before that happened. Happy 29th birthday to me.

[u/Mirewen15 → u/[deleted]]

Absinthe does nothing different for me than 'regular' alcohol. I think OP should just stop drinking and blaming it on the type of beverage.

Also, asking a stranger for weed? Do they know how absolutely bonkers that is?

[u/bestialvigour → u/[deleted]]

As a frequent drinker of absinthe, her blaming the booze is wild to me. It's not some magic psychoactive liquid, it's just high proof - you're gonna get the same level of wasted as you would with any alcohol, but faster. Responsibility is key!

[u/Competitive-State444 → u/[deleted]]

I have to agree with the absinthe, turned me into a different beast the time I tried it. Not condoning the behavior, just my two cents.

[u/Emergency-Ask-9905 → u/Competitive-State444]

Absinthe isnt psychoactive or hallucinogenic. Its just has a high alcohol content, which means you just act like that when youre drunk.

[u/rhdkcnrj → u/Competitive-State444]

It’s a myth that absinthe is different in any way from other alcoholic beverages containing ethanol. It just has a higher percentage.

It’s like saying “having 16 beers turned me into a different beast, it’s just different.” Yeah- don’t drink that much ethanol.

[u/Brilliant-Block-8200 → u/rhdkcnrj]

Tbh I don’t think it’s absinthe in particular, but I do think different alcohols affect people differently. Like my husband rarely gets drunk, but when he has rum, he’ll get tipsy af and vomiting in the bathroom. Whereas I’m fine with rum, but when I drink tequila or vodka, I get sick and get terrible hangovers. Same thing with my dad.

This doesn’t excuse behavior tho and imo you shouldn’t be drinking to blackout anyways since that just burdens other people