Yes, but I wasn’t thinking. And that wasn’t my first day/month/year at the gym.
I guess this is how sober careful people manage to hurt themselves or die. My brain just wasn’t there at the moment.
No need to defend yourself, I can’t say I wouldn’t have tried the same thing if I was in that situation without knowing how it turned out from your story. You’ve probably since thought of countless better ways to handle that. I just hope this thread helps someone else who otherwise wouldn’t have thought of that and would have repeated your mistake.
Yes, but I wasn’t thinking. And that wasn’t my first day/month/year at the gym. I guess this is how sober careful people manage to hurt themselves or die. My brain just wasn’t there at the moment.
No need to defend yourself, I can’t say I wouldn’t have tried the same thing if I was in that situation without knowing how it turned out from your story. You’ve probably since thought of countless better ways to handle that. I just hope this thread helps someone else who otherwise wouldn’t have thought of that and would have repeated your mistake.
I’m not even defending, I kind of also step away to the side, look at myself and think: “what an asshat, look at him!”:)