AITA for walking out of an intervention my family surprised me with?

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Basically, I think everyone’s overreacting.

I’m 23 and I got incredibly drunk at a party two weekends ago and ended up with alcohol poisoning. I do relatively drink a lot, but only in social settings.

I spent the rest of weekend in the hospital recovering. It was a one time stupid mistake.

Yesterday, I went over to my parent’s house for dinner.

When I walked in, they were all sitting in the living room with somebody I’d never seen before.

I asked what was going on and my brother told me to sit down. I did and the man I didn’t know started talking.

To summarize, he said that my family was worried for me and wanted me to go to treatment.

I got upset and said that everyone was being over dramatic and that this was ridiculous. I said that I realized that I had made a mistake drinking that much but this was overkill. I stood up and walked out at that point.

My mom ran out after me with the interventionist and said that they only did this because they loved me.

I said that everyone was acting crazy and I hopped in my car and went home.

My brother has been texting me begging me to reconsider but I haven’t answered.

Everyone is crazy overreacting. Getting that drunk is not a normal thing for me. It just happened once and I regret it. I have a good job and I look after myself. I don’t think I need rehab or that intervention.

That said, maybe I did handle the intervention the wrong way. I maybe could’ve responded in a way that made them feel better instead of blowing up.

AITA for walking out?

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