I was too nervous to explain to him, especially when he had two other men at his side.
Maybe he thought I was dangerous, but even years ago on the rare occasion I've been blind drunk, I'm never aggressive.
The rest of the staff seemed to be more understanding, but they must have thought my reluctance to say why I'd done it was because of the effects of the codeine.

Because it had been several hours since I'd taken them, they decided not to use stomach pumps or charcoal.