Do you have Bonjela there?
I went through tubes of it last year while waiting to get my tooth out.
Boy, I tried alcohol too, I didn't get drunk enough to forget the pain it made it worse more than anything and in a semi-drunk state I ran home and took 3 really strong painkillers when I should only have taken one and spent the rest of the night being woken up by my mum or my friend making me drink a glass of water.
I think a while before I had a nasty fall involving getting drunk and falling off the backseat of a car and hitting my head so I didn't want to get drunk. I am good these days. Times are hard.