Sometimes we let other people make the mistakes so we can all learn the lesson.

Take Reddit user AllStarRunner, who shared his tale of woe as a response to this Amazon screenshot:

Most people know not to drink, say, more than one of these bottles of 5-Hour Energy at a time. Redditor AllStarRunner knew that. But he allegedly drank five bottles on a dare from a coworker anyway. And then he (allegedly) drank four more bottles on a dare from another coworker who equally did not seem to give a shit about AllStarRunner’s general well-being.

In 2012, The New York Times reported that the highly-caffeinated drink was cited in 13 deaths.

Since 2009, 5-Hour Energy has been mentioned in some 90 filings with the F.D.A., including more than 30 that involved serious or life-threatening injuries like heart attacks, convulsions and, in one case, a spontaneous abortion, a summary of F.D.A. records reviewed by The New York Times showed.

So AllStarRunner felt all right… for about 45-minutes, at least.

And that’s when the jitters, hot flashes, and sweating started.

“… The only thing that made me feel good was splashing cool water on my face in the bathrooms—so I would walk from bathroom to bathroom doing this,” AllStarRunner describes. “Eventually, I knew I was going to pass out. For some reason I thought, ‘I don’t want to pass out in the middle of the hall, so I’ll go sit in a bathroom stall and pass out there so no one sees me.’

“I go sit in a stall, then I realize that I’m going to pass out in here and no one will know I’m in here and my heart will explode sitting on the john and this is how it’s all going to end. Wow, didn’t see myself going out like this.

“I text a co-worker (who knew I had taken all this) and say, ‘Come up to 3rd floor bathroom, last stall.'”

Check out AllStarRunner’s amazing story—he does end up seeing a medical professional, rest assured—in full below: