What kind of drunk are you?

I joke a lot about drinking, like as an excuse for doing something dumb. Example: "Wow, I screwed that up? It must have been the day I was drinking..."

But I've rarely been drunk. Buzzed, yes, and relaxed, yes, but drunk did not seem like a good thing to be. I was raised in a strict religious family, and drinking didn't happen, nor did dancing.

Then, when I went to college, my boyfriend and his buddies drank like fish. They would chug pitchers, while I sat at the bar with a Coke and my English Lit book, waiting to drive them back to their dorm. I saw the unfortunate after effects of their drinking and thought, what a waste.

Years later, I drank in moderation with meals, Margaritas with Mexican food and wine with Italian food, and I do like a gin & tonic on a hot day, but nothing to excess. Except after I lost my husband; for a year or so I stayed in an altered state. I couldn't deal with the loss otherwise.

But now I'm back to moderation, just enough to take any edge off an uncomfortable social situation. Or when cooking, it is pleasant to sip and taste and relax.

So I would say I'm a happy drinker, but I'll fall asleep long before I'm even close to drunk.

I am not judging your experiences gamey, but to say that there is a time and place, and because of this others need experience it to give them depth, is absurd and even self-absorbed. Perhaps kls doesn't have the same addictive personality as others. I am not saying that is a good or bad thing either, it is just what it is, but alcohol and drug intake can also lead to foolhardiness, regardless of the degree.