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Old 02-16-2011, 09:08 PM
 
Location: Northern NH
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NO! My husband would make up the most crazy stories and tell people that he used to live in England, that he owned a jet, that he owned RCA, and all kinds of crazy stuff....

Just one of the many reasons that my husband realized he NEEDED to be 100% sober for the rest of his life
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Old 02-17-2011, 09:02 AM
 
Location: state of procrastination
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Some people don't even know who they are, who you are, or what they are doing. It would be pretty hard to tell truths in that state of mind.
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Old 02-17-2011, 09:06 AM
 
Location: Tucson
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I"m a firm believer in drunken words being a persons sober thoughts. So yes, people are more honest.
I believe so, too, not to mention sayings never come out of the blue, no matter how much some people like to frown upon them as being generalizations.
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Old 02-17-2011, 10:00 AM
 
Location: SWUS
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It depends on the person. If I had a friend who got more relaxed and more honest (not that I hang out with liars) I might believe what they say if they get really drunk and REALLY open up. If my friends were pathological liars (and I've known a few who were otherwise good) I wouldn't trust a word and would continue partying.

I get more honest when I drink but I

a) never say anything to embarass myself when I'm drunk
b) just get really funny and people would probably just take it as a joke anyway.


Alcohol impairs the mind, which can be the things you say, your motor function, or the things you do. I've seen way more people with screwy motor function or screwy actions when they are drunk, and not the things they say.
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Old 02-17-2011, 03:08 PM
 
Location: Visitation between Wal-Mart & Home Depot
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I know that alcohol can impair the senses and so you are more prone to say things that you would not say if in a sober state. But, I often wonder if being intoxicated allows a person to more freely tell the truth or make them lie even more. More times than not whatever was said is not remembered the next day. Just a thought.
If it's something like "You have a dumbo vagina" then yeah, it's probably what he really thinks.
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Old 02-17-2011, 03:21 PM
 
Location: Living on the Coast in Oxnard CA
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Some people probably think you look hot after getting drunk. I bet quite a few people got together that normally wouldn't have after drinking. People get married, women get pregnant, guys get into fights. I saw several times at a club we used to go to, many men and women thinking that they could take on 6 or more security guys at the club. Not one of those people ever was successfull at it. Saying all that, if people do things that they would not normally do, maybe they say things that they would not normally say.
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Old 02-17-2011, 06:50 PM
 
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Looking at the responses, I think it depends on each individual person. When I drink alcohol, I don't get drunk to the point where I black out or my judgment is so severely impaired that I have no control over what I'm saying. I've never felt that way. Alcohol only relaxes me and makes me feel less inhibited, so I do and say what's actually on my mind instead of supressing myself. I'm not inhibited anymore, so yes, I guess I am more honest when I drink alcohol.
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Old 02-17-2011, 07:01 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Sometimes yes and sometimes no. But they talk loud all of the time!
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Old 02-17-2011, 07:02 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Some people probably think you look hot after getting drunk. I bet quite a few people got together that normally wouldn't have after drinking. People get married, women get pregnant, guys get into fights. I saw several times at a club we used to go to, many men and women thinking that they could take on 6 or more security guys at the club. Not one of those people ever was successfull at it. Saying all that, if people do things that they would not normally do, maybe they say things that they would not normally say.
They probably thought that they had super-human strength, lol!
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Old 02-18-2011, 10:06 AM
 
Location: Up in the air
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I have had a few marriage proposals and confessions of undying love from my male friends while drunk, so maybe it's a bit of both

I do become a little more 'free flowing' with my words and opinions when I've been drinking, but I haven't been flat out drunk in a really long time. Me and my girlfriends get in arguments, but they're not mean-spirited, we love each other too much for that
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