Oh boy, have I done stupid things while hyper. Told the tutor at university who was to write my reference for further academic studies that I'd seen the devil playing violin outside the covered market. As you can imagine, that was my academic career shot down in flames. If you look at the thread about embarassing things we've done while hyper you'll see that I have a LOT to be ashamed of. I do mean a LOT. But who cares, in the end. I'm sure that your friends don't just keep you round for comedy value... that feeling is the fruit of embarassment, not truth.

Give yourself time to level. You went a bit high, now you're a bit low... it will level out.

At least you never took out a loan you could never repay and spent it all on travelling round Europe with your son, culminating in a trip to Africa. At least he got some great memories out of it... but wow, my family will never let me forget it, and 3 years later I'm still struggling to get my finances back in order..