Friday night, my ear was a bit sore, like swimmers ear. I put some alcohol in it, and we went out. Saturday, it still hurt, so I followed up with alcohol. Around 2:30 am, it was throbbing bad. Obviously the alcohol wasn't going to work. I had 2 antibiotic capsules, that had to get me through until this morning. They did pretty good. The pain subsided, until this morning. I went to the doctor, and he confirmed the ear infection, and put me on oral antibiotics, and some drops. I know they will kick in, but my ear is still throbbing pretty bad. I have NO idea how I got an ear infection.