We’ve all been there, mornings where we’ve woken up a little confused and a little out of place, maybe on the wrong side of the bed, or with a pounding headache and questionable life choices. But sometimes, people open their eyes and realize they’re definitely not where they fell asleep.
You think you’ve been kidnapped, but in reality is just you and your bad choices. The world is full of stories where the morning-after is actually far more entertaining than the night before. These stories are the stuff of nightmares, ridiculous, embarrassing and surprising.
Either way, they’ll make you laugh, and maybe make you feel a little better next time you wake up with a hangover. These are stories of people who didn’t wake up in their beds and you’ll wish that it never happens to you.
1
"In high school, I got drunk at my best friend’s farm. I passed out by his pond, and he couldn’t wake me up. I was 6’4” and 275 lbs, so he chained me to his truck and dragged me back through a field, including piles of horse p*op. I woke up briefly, real
2
"I woke up on a pool float in the middle of someone’s pool. No idea how I got there. No phone, no shoes, no socks, just my wallet and keys. I walked out, wandered a few blocks, found a liquor store, and asked where I was. “Oceanside,” the guy says. My nig
3
"I woke up alone on a farm in Norway, surrounded by sheep, after partying in Sweden."
4
"On a bench in the city center after a heavy night out. Early morning workers kept stopping to check if I was alive. My faith in humanity was restored."
5
"I blacked out downtown and came to miles away, walking along a road near the airport on the edge of town."
6
"I woke up in my dog’s bed, using the dog as a pillow."
7
"In Dubai, I went camping and somehow woke up alone in the middle of the desert. Nothing around me."
8
"In my best friend’s bed, wearing her clothes, while she was wearing mine. Neither of us remembers drinking, but the empty bottle of chocolate vodka said otherwise."
9
"I woke up face-down in a family friend’s garden at 2 a.m. after her wedding. My older brother found me and dragged me inside."
10
"Dangling over a staircase with a 15-foot drop outside my resort hotel. White shirt covered in strawberry daiquiri."
11
"In a bush, just 150 meters from my house. My phone was missing, so I went home in the morning to find it, only to see it on the ground by my front door. Apparently, I’d already been home but chose a bush instead."
12
"My friends put me in a cab in Germany. The driver took me to a hotel with the same name, but in a completely different city. I woke up in a room I never booked."
13
"On a dinghy in the Indian Ocean. The ship was being evacuated, and I just kept sleeping until a crew member carried me off. Thankfully, they didn’t forget me."
14
"In middle school, I fell asleep mid–shoe removal. Woke up hours later, one shoe off, one shoe still on, feet in the air."
15
"I woke up at a Denny’s with a freezing cold Grand Slam breakfast in front of me. I ate the whole thing, paid, and left."
