Current Events > I don't under why people change so much when they're drunk

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I can get really drunk and still have complete control over myself. Anyone else?
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People who change when drunk are showing what they would really want to be like when sober.
Maybe you already do whatever the hell you want when sober.
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When youre unfamiliar w drinking the effects on behavior are more pronounced, Id guess.
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I agree o just laugh more an
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assassinCrash posted...

I can get really drunk and still have complete control over myself. Anyone else?

Define "really drunk" because I have a hard time believing you. Even alcoholics lose control after a certain point.
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drinking lowers inhibitions. if you already don't have any, i'm sure nothing will change

kids, this is why you only drink with close friends
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assassinCrash posted...

I can get really drunk and still have complete control over myself. Anyone else?

I don't get wasted, but yeah, I don't lose my mental faculties like others seem to.
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Yes. Pretty much. I've been at points where I was consuming a whole dorm rooms worth of liquor every weekend. Not even regular shit, straight up 190 proof stuff. I never got to that level I see others at. I just get a little giddy.

Guess this is what a functional drunk is. It's one of the reasons I cut 98% of it out of my life. My tolerance had reached insane levels and I was wasting a lot of money.
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I can maintain control of myself while drunk, too. I just feel awful because I probably don't metabolize alcohol correctly or something.

voldothegr8 posted...

assassinCrash posted...

I can get really drunk and still have complete control over myself. Anyone else?

Define "really drunk" because I have a hard time believing you. Even alcoholics lose control after a certain point.

Well yeah I might have trouble walking straight and things like that but I'm saying because I went to a party saturday night and this guy just went off trying to kiss every girl there. He ended up getting punched by some dude and the cops got involved. It was crazy.
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TC doesn't understand science

https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/alcoholism4.htm

People change when they drink because... science.
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When I'm drunk I'm the same except

-off balance
-talk less
-laugh more
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Because that's what it as a poison does to you. It impares your ability to think and act properly. Basic motor functions or even seeing properly deteriorates
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assassinCrash posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

assassinCrash posted...

I can get really drunk and still have complete control over myself. Anyone else?

Define "really drunk" because I have a hard time believing you. Even alcoholics lose control after a certain point.

Well yeah I might have trouble walking straight and things like that but I'm saying because I went to a party saturday night and this guy just went off trying to kiss every girl there. He ended up getting punched by some dude and the cops got involved. It was crazy.

If you've never gotten blackout drunk before I guess you wouldn't I understand.
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I find it really easy to under.
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Kaname_Madoka posted...

When I'm drunk I'm the same except

-off balance

See this is literally me

I still behave the same, say the same things, maybe laugh a little more, and stumble around a bit once I've had one too many.

I can relate to TC's question. I was just out in Vegas drunk for three nights and I didn't change. I don't dance more, I don't say dumb shit... I dunno. I don't get it either. We were at a nightclub and they were telling me to drink more so I would be encouraged to dance more, but alcohol doesn't make me dance. It just doesn't. But I couldn't explain that to them because it's a nightclub and if you don't get tinnitus then it's not loud enough.

I've blacked out too but again, no stories of me doing anything crazy. I even have enough self-awareness to get to the bathroom to vomit.
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I rather get blunted to be honest.
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my theory is people that really change are just giant liars in their sober life and they forget their lies while drunk.
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It lowers your inhibitions making you more inclined to say whatever comes to mind and explicitly express your feelings.

Edited to add "to mind".
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Funkydog posted...

Because that's what it as a poison does to you. It impares your ability to think and act properly. Basic motor functions or even seeing properly deteriorates

The poison aspect comes into how it affects your organs.
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Asherlee10 posted...

just about the only thing that changes with me is I'm a little bit happier and I might talk a little more than I normally do.

Same. I'm always straightforward tho so I understand that's why

I just simply don't believe that you have gotten that drunk if your demeanor hasn't changed

alternatively, you are overestimating your poise and your friends are drunk enough that they also do
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I don't drink because I'm either tipsy or black out drunk
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Watch body story episode 3 part 2. ;)
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Balrog0 posted...

I just simply don't believe that you have gotten that drunk if your demeanor hasn't changed

Ok but that's wrong. I can drink half a 1.75L of whiskey and still be mostly the same personality wise

While there is some truth to the drunk words = sober thoughts thing, I think that's vastly oversimplifying the situation. For one, some people get nicer when they get drunk and that has less to do with their sober self being more friendly than they let on, and more to do with someone who gets happier when they get drunk being really friendly.

In addition, the idea that who someone is doesn't include their inhibitions and what they choose to show the world is sort of silly.
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