Does drinking reveal the real you or change you?

[InOne]

Having a drunken convo with Niamh, we were on about if drinking totally changes you.
With me, yeah sometimes I'll say my true feelings. But sometimes I think WTF and when people tell me what I did or said on nights out I think, is that me?

[Ninastar]

It makes me talk about my deepest feeling :sad:

[Jords]

Ive never been truely drunk to know, Ive gotten tipsy a fair bit which loosens me up but thats all I know for now :p

[Smithy]

I just laugh at everything, which is really awkward when something bad happens

[Jords]

I just laugh at everything, which is really awkward when something bad happens

I can do that sober sometimes, even if you dont wanna laugh :L

[GypsyGoth]

I don't think I liked being drunk, I hate not being in control.

[Vicky.]

Im not sure. Its cant be the real you, since different types of alcohol make you act differently :/

[Ninastar]

I just laugh at everything, which is really awkward when something bad happens

I laugh at everything when im tipsy, and i fall down alot but when im proper drunk I like sit in the corner and sob pmsl

[Ninastar]

I don't think I liked being drunk, I hate not being in control.

:evilgrin:

[GypsyGoth]

:evilgrin:

:laugh2:

[Smithy]

I laugh at everything when im tipsy, and i fall down alot but when im proper drunk I like sit in the corner and sob pmsl

You fall down a lot when your sober though :joker:

[LemonJam]

I'm actually the complete opposite of myself when I'm drunk, it's kindof weird.

[Zippy]

It knocks down barriers but it depends what barriers you have up. Plus it depends how much you have. A little relaxes you.

Ive answered this question before here. Like I said, the defences and barriers you have up are part of the real you. Its what you've chosen to protect about yourself as a form of defence. So taking them down is not necessarily the real you.

[Beastie]

I don't drink much. But usually when I do.. I am more confident with people. And will talk to people I don't usually talk to! lol

I prefer just having a laugh and being tipsy. Rather than being a drunk skunk!!

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i get really depressed when drunk :sad:

[Beastie]

I don't think I liked being drunk, I hate not being in control.

This. I don't think I have been drunk in at least a year or something.

I havn't drank alcohol since last February where I was just tipsy.

But yeah.. it's a control thing too. I like to be in control of my own life. But sometimes it's nice not to be too uptight and loosen up! But lots of things can loosen you up besides "alcohol".

If I want a drink... I will have a drink. Not if people tell me I should have one..

[Princess]

I'm just a more exaggerated version of myself, though I say a lot of things I would never say while sober(though that's probably true for most people).

[Beastie]

I can do that sober sometimes, even if you dont wanna laugh :L

Oh god I have "nervous" laughs all the time! Not good. lol

[Ninastar]

i get really depressed when drunk :sad:

-holds-

[Jords]

Oh god I have "nervous" laughs all the time! Not good. lol

Yeah thats the kind :p



Im a bit weary of getting drunk just in case I blurt out everything, rofl

[CharlieO]

I think it reveals the real you but then if you drink enough can also change you.

The thing is yourself is also what you withhold within yourself and don't say out loud so if alcohol makes you say things you wouldn't when your sober surely that is changing you?

I say everything I think when I'm drunk.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

-holds-

-smiles smugly at smithy-

[Kerry]

Surely the 'real' you is you without any stimulants (and all that blah)

I do become more confident after a drink. That said, I always slow down once I get the feeling that I'm out of control as I hate that

[InOne]

Maybe it just reveals a dark side people wish they didn't have

[joeysteele]

After a fair amount of alcohol I just go sleepy, but I never drink to excess, I like to know what I'm doing and saying.

[cub]

Drinking alcohol reveals extreme feelings/emotions, which is not exactly the same as real feelings.

[Ramsay]

ehhhh well if something is bothering me about someone right beforehand getting drunk itll all come back when im polluted and i kinda freak out at them and its awkward but ehh i dunno most of the time im a happy drunk that just makes an arse of myself so id say it just changes me cus theres all different sides to me when im drunk
and thats all hungover talk btw ^ :joker:

[Niall]

I had some wine the other day and it only made me even more giggly than I usually am so idk. http://oi56.tinypic.com/23ubh3b.jpg

[Niamh.]

I don't think it reveals "the real you" I've often woke up thinking "I was talking some s**t last night" I think it definitely changes the way you think

[Benjamin]

I don't know. Sometimes it brings out elements of the real me, but then on other occasions it changes me. It depends on what I have been drinking.

[CharlieO]

It brings out things you wouldn't usually say or do because you suppress it.
So the question is:
Is 'yourself' defined by just the things you do? or the things you choose not to do as well?

I think your choices in soberness make up a part of you so therefore I believe it changes you.

[Tom4784]

I think it makes you let go of your inhibitions a bit but I don't think it reveals the true you. I couldn't talk from personal experiences though as I've never been drunk.

[Niall]

I think it makes you let go of your inhibitions a bit but I don't think it reveals the true you. I couldn't talk from personal experiences though as I've never been drunk.

*Thought I was the only one* I don't feel so alone now. :amazed:

[Tom4784]

*Thought I was the only one* I don't feel so alone now. :amazed:

*Starts a club*

[Niall]

*Starts a club*

*Joins*

[Ramsay]

ye arent missing out on much
apart from embarressment and self loathing the next day:joker:

[BB_Eye]

Everyone can act stupid when drunk, but if drink always makes you unhinged or aggressive (like it does a lot of English people), then the chances are you have other issues than just overconsuming alcohol. So yes, I think it reveals much of the real you.

[seanraff07]

I just become more happy when drunk, and I start to mumble a lot when I talk :joker:

[Lee.]

Drinking a lot makes me talk non stop about absolutely nothing, swear like a trooper, sing annoyingly loud in peoples ears and then when its too much effort to talk any more, I grin insanely for the rest of the night... so no, I don't think that is the real me. I'm actually quite reserved and quiet in company. I iz a laydeee innit?

[Pyramid*]

I get incredibly chatty and blether away to anyone and everyone - especially strangers - something that is the complete opposite to me in real life. (Hard to believe but when I'm sober and in unknown company - I take a back seat and become a people watcher). When I've got the demon drink: I'll talk to the devil.

Then when I've had took much - I need my bed. No faffing about, soon as I hit that stage, I'm outta there and straight home.

[lostalex]

When i'm drunk i just talk bullsh!t and try to get a reaction out of people. In my experience drunk people only talk BS, they don't "tell the truth about themselves" or anything like that. They just get loud and say things for attention.

Anyone who takes what a drunk person says seriously is an idiot. Don't over analyze it.