Addendum
The most horrific story of drunken stupidity, which just came back to me as I walked into my kitchen, was not about my student but about his friend, who decided one night to light his cigarette using his gas stove, as presumably you do when your lighter is empty and you just need a fix so bad. Unfortunately, the results weren't "Ha-ha, my eyebrows got burned off" but rather "Holy shit, my face and neck got so horribly burned that I passed out on the floor to be found later by my wife as I laid there unconscious, gurgling in pain". Oh, and apparently the guy lost the ability to move a few of his fingers to boot, somehow. If they ever combine anti-drinking and anti-smoking commercials, this guy could be a disturbing poster child to be sure.