Do y’all believe that drunk actions/thoughts are sober actions/thoughts or do you think people are not themselves when drunk?

[Anonymous]

[Sensmind]

Very good question - It goes back to the Latin phrase "In Vino Veritas" basically "In wine lies the truth" or the premise of the questions, are drunk actions truthful actions. I would say yes and no, there are times we have surprised ourselves and expressed a secret or maybe secret feelings for someone, it may have turned out well. The "No" is an examination of baser behaviour, something is bothering you or some dark emotion is eating at part of your brain and it comes to the surface while drunk.
Why do I say "No" , what I mean is that the social controls we we have instilled in our nature (assuming it is a positive thing controlling our baser instincts) it is a good thing. A disclaimer here it may not happen to everyone but there is a lot of people who turn nasty with drink, I know I am one who can turn mean but the sober version of myself demands a better version of myself.
Is the drunk me , the real me , yes at times it can be but it can also be the lowest form of me that I don't wish it to come to the surface, I want the real version of me to be the better version of me.
I would say on a whole, drunk actions are worse than sober that is why I say limit yourself to social drinking on a reasonable number of occasions, once a week or less and be aware how drink affects you, if you turn mean, cut right down.

[lokeshdh00]

When people are drunk, they dont think, they just say what ever first word out of his mouth.
So, its comman,
There is a festival in indian, Shivratri and bhang (cannibas) is a parshad ( God's tasted food / Bessing by god in form of food) mixed in milkshake. So, most of people drink it. Last time when i drunk it, which was my first time. I was laughing very hard on everything. Certainly every people react in different manner but It was not under my control to stop the laugh, i was just laughing. In normal circumstances, When you get anger that cannibas made me laugh on that matter. Actually, When i was laughing i made every my family person laugh. They were laughing by looking at me laughing at hard. Actually i never felt that good before in years. So positive, so cool.

But as i said everyone have different effect of cannins but you are talking about alcohol, but the comman thing is you dont think properly. So if they did wrong last nignt they will be sorry next morning, even they dont say it.

[lumos]

Alcohol affects the way your brain works, so you definitely might do or say some things that you normally wouldn't probably even think of doing or saying. But I don't think people should detach themselves from that side of who they can be when drunk. At the end of the day, you're responsible for your own actions and words, no matter how drunk you might have been when you said something mean or did something stupid. And I do think that there might be some truth in what people do or say when drunk. Regardless, they should be held accountable.

Also, if you know that you tend to act a certain way when you get drunk, you always have the choice of not drinking until you get to that point. If you know that you become mean or aggressive when you have too much to drink, then you're irresponsible if you continuously keep drinking too much anyway. Then I think you should be held even more accountable for what you do/say when drunk, because you know that you should stop yourself from getting to that point, but you choose not to care. Also then it becomes more obvious to me that this person doesn't have a problem with being like this, a. k. a. it's who they are.

[LittleTurtleDuck]

As it turns out, published research proves that statement is surprisingly accurate. When drinking alcohol, the tongue is freed up to say exactly what is in a person’s heart. As blood alcohol levels continue to climb, the responses become increasingly primitive and hostile. In the past, it’s been easy to blame drunk and disturbing behaviors on alcohol, but that’s not cutting it anymore. Simply put, researchers were able to show that alcohol consumption does not prevent self-control – it just makes people care less about the consequences. https://www. rehabs. com/blog/drunk-talk-isnt-just-nonsense-says-study/

[Lynx122]

That's pretty much the same thing. A truth serum also doesn't force you to tell the truth but it messes with your brain so you don't know what information is important anymore it basially also takes away the thought about consequences. So you will just tell people things that you wouldn't otherwise. But isn't that the same thing as not having self control?

When the consequences no longer matter in your mind how can you make good decisions? A decision is made by weighing the outcomes if you don't care about that you'll just do whatever you want in the moment and that's exactly what not having self control is.

I don't get hostile when I'm drunk I'm glad about that but I definitely say stupid shit sometimes.

[Asker]

What about actions rather than words?

[LittleTurtleDuck]

Same thing. Drunk people just care less for consequences.

[hellionthesagereborn]

When you get angry and want to hit some one, is that the real you? Well sure, you can't exactly be a fake you. However when you decide not to do it knowing that it would be wrong, that it would have ramifications that you don't want and that even if your angry at the person ultimately you don't actually want to hurt them, is that the real you? Also yes. Same goes for drunks, the difference is when your drunk only half of you is coming out so its you, but not you at the same time. So its a fragment of who you are, usually the emotional one without reason or foresight or empathy.

[Bananaman177]

Everybody responds to alcohol differently. There is not one single truth about what alcohol does. You get three different people and give them all the same amount of alcohol, one might be a happy drunk, one might be a sleepy drunk, one might be a sad drunk, one might be an angry drunk, one might blackout, one might be barely buzzed.

Some people get drunk and become more like their true selves, but some people become an entirely different person that's not like their true selves at all. It's different for everybody.

[NatalieKeller95]

an Aries and a Taurus walk into a bar,
The Aries sits and orders a whole line of different drinks
the Taurus orders a gin and tonic

the Aries says to the Taurus: Gin and tonic what are you a virgin in denial
the Taurus Says: no but at least I know I'll be able to drive home in one piece
the Aries then says: one piece?, you'll be a bunch of pieces once my fists are done flying against your face,
the Taurus retorts: look I'm not here looking for a fight but if you wanna roll, let's go
the Aries finishes, saying: at least I'm not afraid of the color red

[Anonymous]

Alcohol reduces inhibitions. Makes you say or do things you normally wouldn't. So yes a drunk man or woman's actions/words are a sober person's true personality or thoughts.

It's why shy or insecure people as an example can become ridiculously friendly and/or outgoing when drunk (they're not overthinking & checking their behavior).

It's why people who are actually nasty turn abusive when drunk. Yes, they'll say it wasn't me it was the drink. But every single time they're drunk they're nasty so no it's not the drink it's them... the booze is just letting their true colors shine through.

[pepper1993]

The drunk you IS the real you lol. Sometimes it's hard to hear but its the truth. Drinking gets rid of the voice in your head that tells you, "Hey I shouldn't do this because there will be consequences". I love when people say something like "Oh I'm really mean when I drink".. Well you're probably always a mean person, you just hide it, but after a few drinks you don't care anymore.

[Madhatter920]

People are not their selves when they are drunk. When they are drunk, their inhibitions are lowered. This makes them more likely to tell the truth, but also more likely to exaggerate that truth. For example, a man who loves a woman is more likely to say when he's drunk because he isn't actively trying to hide or downplay those feelings. However, he's also likely to act like he loves that woman much more than he actually does.

[TommyLee73]

For me it's a bit if both. If someone makes me angry when I'm drunk I will say terrible things that I would never say sober but there's a little bit of truth in it. Any small thing I dont like or find annoying about them will be amplified times a thousand in my mind and I respond accordingly. At least that's what I'm thinking in the moment. The next day I will feel bad about the things I said. If I care about the person I will apologize. Sometimes I know I shouldn't drive but I do. Sober me knows better but he's not going to tell drunk me what I can or can't do.

[Justacatlady]

I think alcohol lowers your inhibitions. Where sober you would weigh the risk, drunk you tend to react instead of think. Which is why people do or say things they normally wouldn’t. To me that isn’t that they always wanted to do or say that thing, it means they didn’t have the ability to decide if it was worth the risk. Hence why so many people feel remorse the next day

[Meropatrick]

I fucking hate people using drunkness as an excuse to act like jerks or dumb. I have been drunk many times. I have ptsd and i drank so i can fall asleep easily before. But i never felt that i was not aware. I was always aware. Just very dizzy or losing balance. But i was always aware of what i am doing or saying. Never whipped my dick out at people or cussed out strangers.

[TommyLee73]

You haven't lived until you have wipped your dick out and cussed out a total stranger. Bonus if you keep calling them by a made up name as if you know them. When they say you're mistaking them for someone else insist that they're not fooling you." I know it's you Steve. You can't fool me. You fucking prick." Lol good times.

[lolilola]

Yes but exaggerated truth as one person said. You're not living with an unrealistically blissful mind pumped with unnatural toxic substance 24/7. The sober us is always the real us, rational, unlike the drunk mind that will not remember what consequences means.

[Anonymous]

I think some hidden thoughts and feelings emerge, but I also think a lot of times an exaggerated version of these thoughts/feelings come out. Say someone doesn't really like tofu. If they're drunk they may absolutely HATE tofu and have a strong upset feeling towards it. I couldn't think of a good example lol

[Unknownill91]

Because im close to mastering being drunk i have about 80 percent of control 17 years of drinking have made me a master😉👍👍👍. I've been very very drunk I've reach very high levels of drunk consciousness☺. Like yesterday i only remember the first 2 beers and i was told i came crawling inside my house.

[Chriscunning]

I think drunk people are most themselves and sober people are not.

Being drunk lowers your inhibitions and self control, it stunts your lack of foresight for consequences and 'exaggerates' emotions.

[_gigi18]

50/50 tbh. No one really wants to wear a pink plastic hat and dance terribly whilst screaming along to No Scrubs saying "OMG THIS IS TOTALLY MY SONG" the alcohol lowers your inhibitions and gets rid of the filter.

[ForRaceAndNation]

In my opinion that is the biggest downside to alcohol. I hate when my inhibitions are lowered as I like people to evaluate myself in a certain manner and the feeling of embarrassment and regret the next morning is 1000x worse than a week long hangover definitely.

[Flower7]

While drunk, I think people's real thoughts come out when they talk. And things they've been wanting to do but usually wouldn't have done come out in their actions. I know from experience...

[cunnilinguist]

Dunno, never been drunk. Would be interesting though. At the moment I cannot imagine not to be myself. Must be like being very very sleepy after say 48h of being awake and being half asleep or something...

[mattmanyah2]

No and yes I'm more likely to act on my wants but I'm also more likely to want more than I normally want.

[HerrSten]

Has my fair share of heavy drinking and I would say both. As I can say things that bothers me straight out if I'm drunk. But it is easy to lose perspective of others so sometimes you can be stuck with one and when you sober you realize how stupid it was.

[wilfh1965]

When people are angry or drunk there true self will come out usually that's how they truly feel about someone or something