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[Angellus]

Name implies question, I have never been drunk, not even near it.
What is it like to be drunk and why do so many people do it?
Why do you drink (too much) alcohol?
(Or why not?)

[DJ]

Depends on the stage of drunkenness. It can either be awesomest feeling ever, or worst feeling ever. So if you do decide to get drunk, stop drinking while you're still feeling good.

[Itnetlolor]

Being more of a lucid drunk, it's a rather decent relaxing feeling. Not as much anxiety when being more social. It's like liquid confidence in my case. After too much, I just get tired.

I guess I don't lose inhibitions/rationality as easily as the average drunk. Then again, I also made sure to train myself to be a more functional drunk as well.

[Rashilul]

Kinda tingly and amnesic and funny, then a horrible crash where you feel like you slept in a sack full of diseased sand-paper. But that's just me.

[Kagus]

I've gotten mildly tipsy once in my life.  It was an intere4sting and not-unenjoyable feeling, but it just wasn't my style.

For one thing, your physical reaction speed will slow down.  This means that if you try waving your arm, your 'real' arm will be lagging behind your 'imagined' arm.  It feels sort of like your spirit is moving at the same speed it always does, and your body is trying to play catch-up.

It's not normally that huge a delay, but it can kinda freak you out a bit.  I spent a very long time staring at my hands as I waved them around, and marveling at how they didn't seem to be as responsive as they used to.  An interesting side/sister effect of this is that all your movements will seem to take on a very fluid quality, and you'll just seem to "flow".

Then again, I may just be easily entertained when I'm drunk.


Second, the way you interact with people and your environment will change.  First of all, the more alcohol you imbibe, the more you love the people around you.  A few drinks and you're ready to give that creepy stalker-dude a second chance, quite a few drinks and you're surrounded by your dear friends wherever you go, and several liquor bottles later you discover that everyone in the world is your soulmate.

Also, your inhibitions drop.  I found myself thinking aloud quite a bit, and giggling/talking far more than I usually do.  You'll feel more comfortable doing more things.  This is a very interesting effect from a research standpoint, since as your confidence goes up your aptitude goes down.  Very fun stuff.

Of course, you'll be schnockered, so you won't care all that much.  I LOVE YOU!


You'll also develop your own personal quirks for when you are drunk.  I know someone who tackles people when he gets drunk, and I personally set about finding straight lines to walk along to test how drunk I am.  Your personal flavor is almost impossible to predict.  You just have to find out.


Personally, I enjoyed my time under the influence, and I'm glad I experienced it.  But I don't see myself doing it all that much in the future.  I will probably do it for the reunion party that's coming up, but that's mainly because I open up more and talk to people when I'm drunk, and I'd like to get as much out of these people as I can, seeing as I don't talk with them that often.


If you're thinking about trying it, I recommend you find an experienced drinker to guide you through the process.  Not an alcoholic, and not just someone who is looking for a drinking buddy.  That will just make things worse.  Find someone who has a fair amount of experience drinking and will be able to help you determine when you've had enough.

PROTIP:  Drink tons of water.  Seriously.  Guzzle the stuff.  All night long.  You can never have too much, and what you think is enough probably won't cover it.  You won't kill your buzz, but you will kill (or at least severely maim) the morning after.  And it's loads of fun to be bouncing around and alert while all your buddies are holding their heads and chanting the mantra of "never again... never again...  never..."

[Angellus]

XD lol, never again ^^ you can do that also when you're not drunk!

Also, do you think the 'personal thingy' is in touch with your personality? Like curious people trying to find out how drunk they are and plain assholes trying to tackle people? =D In that case I have a nice idea of what I will be like, drunk. XD


By the way, does anyone know why I suddenly had an intense urge to get drunk? While I do not even know what it feels like?

[chaoticag]

Hmmm... that reminds me, I know a girl that knows a girl that could speak fluent Spanish when she was drunk. Apparently, you may be able to do thing you never thought possible while you are drunk. Psychology agrees with the second statement, but I cannot vouch for the credibility of the first.

[Croquantes]

Yeah, I'm studying chinese right now and I discovered that if I'm a little drunk while listening to chinese, I can hear and process it better. Almost like it's being slowed down just a bit.

Being drunk's okay. It's not an inherently good experience, nor is it inherently bad. Your experience drunk is a reflection of your sober state of mind. If you're depressed, you'll make your misery worse. If you're happy, it'll heighten that happiness.

So there's nothing wrong with drinking, if you do it moderation. Problems develop if you drink too much and cause a scene. Or puke on someone.

[Tack]

It's true that everyone has their personal quirk, and I'm guessing that angellus is asking because of my topic - but some people have massive changes of personality too. A bouncy happy person can become a dark and sombre drunk, and a dark and sombre drunk becomes a raeg machine.

S' Complicated.

[Jreengus]

Ultimately it's damn near impossible to describe being drunk because I doubt you'll feel the same way as me much like I found Kagus's description to be nothing like my experiences. My advice is to just do it, I'm really not sure how old you are or where you live but here in England I was 15/16 (Can't quite remember) when I first got hammered, it was at a party with friends and I've been doing it on a semi regular basis since. (Not enough to worry about liver damage of any kind). Anyhow for your first time just do it at a party with lots of people you know around you and especially people who will look out for you, either arrange transport home beforehand or see if you can stay the night. It doesn't matter if their house hasn't got enough beds just get drunk enough that the floor seems like a good spot to sleep. Anyhow once you know you aren't going to do anything completely retarded to a stranger and that you have friends to stop you doing something you will later regret go wild. I'd say just go no holds barred your first time for the experience of it, you don't really want to go out drinking or to a party where you don't know everyone until you've got the hang of pacing yourself and you know when to stop drinking in order to prevent yourself doing really stupid things.

[Mr Tk]

It also depends on what mood you are in, how tried you are, and what you are drinking.

I find that sometimes when I drink I just get really tired and have to sleep. Other times I find that it makes loud and friendly.

Or if I'm at a noribang karaoke bar doing lots of singing that often I don't realise that I'm that drunk until I go to bed and the room starts to spin and that I may have to throw up.

With depending on what type of alcohol you drink, it will change what type of drunk you are. For example I'm much happier when I've been drinking beer then spirits. Another example is I had some flat mates who were fine mostly when they were drinking unless they were drinking a particular brand of whisky and then they would get, umm, destructive.

[HAMMERMILL]

It costs probably less then $1.50 to experience mild drunkeness.

You should just go to the store and buy some beer and figure it out for yourself.

[Croquantes]

If you're really broke, you could drink hand sanitiser. Apparently it's all the rage among kids, and kids love pokemon and by extension, mudkips. How could they be wrong?

[Muz]

Hmmm... that reminds me, I know a girl that knows a girl that could speak fluent Spanish when she was drunk.

Lol, I know an uncle who can't speak proper English when drunk enough