Drunk

[Rei]

This came up... somewhere on the forum. And I was just wondering, so how do you people act when you're intoxicated?

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[Evalis]

Each typical minute of my day, I spend intellectualizing some topic or another, even as I continue to complete some task or objective, possibly even another unrelated thought, much to the point that I never recieve any real 'rest'. When I am intoxicated, either the ability or the drive (possibly both) to do so complete vacate my brain. I become fixated on the present, laugh at things that I would not normally find humorous, and am much more likely to share physical affection..

All things considered.. I've come to the conclusion that I act like a 'normal' person when I am intoxicated. Until I hit the floor at least

[aude]

Never could get drunk, even after drinking flat of 48. Although I could never really understand the point of drinking, since it destroys braincells. The social interactions that come after drinking tend to end up in a bad way. Unwanted pregnancy, death, retardation, social embarrassment and a whole slew of other things. What fun can come from being inebriated not knowing if your coming or going.

[Firelie]

I am a very happy drunk, though I tend to get a little bit obsessive about things I usually just notice and move on from (like decorations and such).

[wolf]

Alcohol eventually puts me to sleep. I get really passive and calm until I just call it a night.

[Rei]

Drinking for me has always been for pleasure or for social situations, not to get drunk.

I make it a general rule of not drinking past the point where my senses are slowed; though I have accidentally gotten more drunk than that. (that's another story) The reason is pretty much because I find it disgusting that one should drink to the point where one could not control oneself and require a friend's assitance, in which case you have then utterly ruined any good friend's evening as he/she will now have to spend it tending to you.

I always look more drunk than I really am (due to my ridiculous redness), so if I were with one of my more over-protective friends I'm stopped before I even get through my 3rd cooler even if I don't stop myself. *:thinking:

I pretty much stop talking after a while, and simply smile and make faces at the others' increasing inability to make sense. *:P

[wolf]

I would be surprised to meet an INTJ that likes getting drunk out of their minds. It's just not in our nature... People that do are automatically assumed non-INTJs, even if they claimed they were, because we're just not given to such follies. We need our minds to be ourselves.

[Rei]

Side Note for your Interest:
- when drinking alcohol, you’re inhibiting the inhibitor (cerebral cortex) (start to lose control of behaviour)
- then you inhibit the cerebellum, which is in charge of fine co-ordination of motor functions (can’t walk in straight lines – lose control of movement)
- then, the medulla, you lose control of your egulatory functions (heart may stop)

[Jezebel]

I drink sometimes, but I only need to feel 'buzzed'. All it really does is make me feel slightly more relaxed. I might get somewhat giggly and silly. When I get to that point, I know it's as good as it will get and stop.

When I drink to the point that I feel like I'm losing control, I clam up. I'm aware when I start getting stupid so I may get upset when people talk to me because I can't think clearly. I withdraw and get really quiet, and usually want to go lie down and sleep. I've NEVER experienced getting so drunk that I've lost control of my actions or did something totally irrational, but I have been drunk enough to lose my coordination and throw up.

I don't understand people who claim to lose control and do things they wouldn't normally do when they're drunk (like sleeping with random people, getting in fights, doing things they completely forget about the next day and so on).

[Rei]

I drink sometimes, but I only need to feel 'buzzed'. All it really does is make me feel slightly more relaxed. I might get somewhat giggly and silly. When I get to that point, I know it's as good as it will get and stop.

When I drink to the point that I feel like I'm losing control, I clam up. I'm aware when I start getting stupid so I may get upset when people talk to me because I can't think clearly. I withdraw and get really quiet, and usually want to go lie down and sleep. I've NEVER experienced getting so drunk that I've lost control of my actions or did something totally irrational, but I have been drunk enough to lose my coordination and throw up.

I don't understand people who claim to lose control and do things they wouldn't normally do when they're drunk (like sleeping with random people, getting in fights, doing things they completely forget about the next day and so on).

That pretty much sums up my experience.

I was told by a friend that he passed out in his front yard once, and got up to go inside the next morning. And another time he passed out on a log in the park on the way home. I don't understand how people can get drunk enough to not remember things the next morning because even though I was getting slow, I still noticed and remembered the smallest details of everything.
People who claim they lose complete control are just using intoxication as an excuse to let out underlying things you usually keep stifled (as Freudian as that sounds). You don't lose your mind when you're drunk, you just slow it down.

[wolf]

I drink sometimes, but I only need to feel 'buzzed'. All it really does is make me feel slightly more relaxed. I might get somewhat giggly and silly. When I get to that point, I know it's as good as it will get and stop.

When I drink to the point that I feel like I'm losing control, I clam up. I'm aware when I start getting stupid so I may get upset when people talk to me because I can't think clearly. I withdraw and get really quiet, and usually want to go lie down and sleep. I've NEVER experienced getting so drunk that I've lost control of my actions or did something totally irrational, but I have been drunk enough to lose my coordination and throw up.

I don't understand people who claim to lose control and do things they wouldn't normally do when they're drunk (like sleeping with random people, getting in fights, doing things they completely forget about the next day and so on).

That pretty much sums up my experience.

I was told by a friend that he passed out in his front yard once, and got up to go inside the next morning. And another time he passed out on a log in the park on the way home. I don't understand how people can get drunk enough to not remember things the next morning because even though I was getting slow, I still noticed and remembered the smallest details of everything.
People who claim they lose complete control are just using intoxication as an excuse to let out underlying things you usually keep stifled (as Freudian as that sounds). You don't lose your mind when you're drunk, you just slow it down.

I don't get any of this, either. I've never felt out-of-control on alcohol. Hell, even after copious amounts I can still walk straight and I've only once felt so far gone that I couldn't drive (and I knew when I couldn't, unlike lots of people). Curiously, distilled alcohol has very little effect on me, in stark contrast to wine, which affects me after a single glass. I think it's my Scottish genes...

Sleep deprivation is the nasty one for me. It's just like being drunk, only you don't fully comprehend just how bad you actually are, until you start noticing how often you're riding the rub strips on the edge of the road.

[Rei]

I'm fine with tonnes of wine, but stupid 7% carbonized stuff tends to screw me over a lot more quickly (and not even as if I were chugging it).


It is odd though, wine worse than distilled alc.?

[TeleportThis]

When I get drunk it escalates whatever mood I'm already in. Therefore I only drink when I'm happy. I'm also much more likely to show physical affection.

I would be surprised to meet an INTJ that likes getting drunk out of their minds. It's just not in our nature... People that do are automatically assumed non-INTJs, even if they claimed they were, because we're just not given to such follies. We need our minds to be ourselves.

I don't like to, but sometimes I will let myself get pretty drunk because drunk people really annoy me unless I'm drunk too.

[lollercancer]

I would be surprised to meet an INTJ that likes getting drunk out of their minds. *It's just not in our nature... *People that do are automatically assumed non-INTJs, even if they claimed they were, because we're just not given to such follies. *We need our minds to be ourselves.

>.>

i have what i like to call the 9th shot sweetspot.

Thinking too much gets to me -_-

[qwerty]

Each typical minute of my day, I spend intellectualizing some topic or another, even as I continue to complete some task or objective, possibly even another unrelated thought, much to the point that I never recieve any real 'rest'. When I am intoxicated, either the ability or the drive (possibly both) to do so complete vacate my brain. I become fixated on the present, laugh at things that I would not normally find humorous, and am much more likely to share physical affection..

All things considered.. I've come to the conclusion that I act like a 'normal' person when I am intoxicated. Until I hit the floor at least


Very similar - I become normal when drunk but as a basic trigger I have set for myself I become very reserved. The trigger basically says "When you can't think, do not talk because otherwise you'll say something that you're protecting"

[Apococlock]

I've only done it once, and it was a situation similar to Jez, only happier and lest clammy =P

I didn't drink until I completely lost control either, it isn't something I would want to do anyway.


As a drunk though I am incredibly silly, and even more ridiculous than usual... That about sums it up really.

[StJimmy]

i drank in high school and college, quite a lot. it definitely helped me loosen up socially.

i let myself get out of control once when i was very intoxicated, the experience led to me never really drinking again. sure, i'll have some wine on a special occasion such as a wedding or something, but as a general rule i stick to pot when i want to chill out.

besides, these days i get fierce hangovers. i can't just drink to get a buzz, i always end up with a headache. so it's either all or nothing, and i pay a heavy toll the next morning.

[bikerscars]

drinking for me is associated with relaxation(especially in social situations;or after an incredibly frustrating day at work)

i never drink to the point of being unaware of my actions

[TheFreeThinker]

I would be surprised to meet an INTJ that likes getting drunk out of their minds. *It's just not in our nature... *People that do are automatically assumed non-INTJs, even if they claimed they were, because we're just not given to such follies. *We need our minds to be ourselves.


I agree...Wolf

[rwyatt365]

I never drank with the intent of getting drunk. And I usually drank in a social context. When I get buzzed I tend to get quiet and contemplative (even more so than normal). I find myself watching people more intently. The only inhibition that I seem to lose is the one that keeps me from saying what I really think about people or things. So I try to be around people that I like, or at least can tolerate.

[Rei]

Apparently...
"When under a great deal of stress, the INTJ may become obsessed with mindless repetitive, Sensate activities, such as over-drinking. They may also tend to become absorbed with minutia and details that they would not normally consider important to their overall goal."

I get the mindless repetitive as obsessive compulsiveness. Mention of alcohol abuse here...

[Guido]

Wow... that makes a lot of sense. In high school, I would never drink because I really didn't like the effects on my brain. I remember telling someone that I compared my brain to a well tuned Ferrari (only an INTJ would say this... hahahah) and that alcohol screws it up and it felt like it took a long time to get it back up to 'operating speed'.

But... in one of my years in university, I used to get ridiculously drunk every weekend or two. It was probably the most socially stressing time in my life as well, since for whatever reason I was stuck in the middle of this huge social scene (oh the drama...) Getting so drunk was great at the time, because I could let go of all the thinking and actually have fun with people. Even if it was just 'pretend', fitting in with people was nice. I would imagine most INTJs would have some sense of wanting to fit in with others, but the fact that most people can act pretty dumb or irrational just drives us away. But yeah... maybe because it was from the stress, but that year I didn't care about my brain so much :/ My friends will sometimes bother me to drink now just like 'the good old times' but I just can't.

[phoenix]

Apparently...
"When under a great deal of stress, the INTJ may become obsessed with mindless repetitive, Sensate activities, such as over-drinking. They may also tend to become absorbed with minutia and details that they would not normally consider important to their overall goal."


Under stress I usually go into obsessive cleaning or videogame veg mode. Not drinking. However, when I do drink to excess (which for me is at three drinks) I get very very very chatty. So much so that I annoy myself!

[Rei]

Apparently...
"When under a great deal of stress, the INTJ may become obsessed with mindless repetitive, Sensate activities, such as over-drinking. They may also tend to become absorbed with minutia and details that they would not normally consider important to their overall goal."


Under stress I usually go into obsessive cleaning or videogame veg mode. Not drinking. However, when I do drink to excess (which for me is at three drinks) I get very very very chatty. So much so that I annoy myself!

Yeah I do obsessive cleaning when I'm stressed too. I once scrubbed down the whole kitchen at dorm (it was a very gross kitchen) in the middle of exam week ::)

[generalowk]

Apparently...
"When under a great deal of stress, the INTJ may become obsessed with mindless repetitive, Sensate activities, such as over-drinking. They may also tend to become absorbed with minutia and details that they would not normally consider important to their overall goal."


Under stress I usually go into obsessive cleaning or videogame veg mode. Not drinking. However, when I do drink to excess (which for me is at three drinks) I get very very very chatty. So much so that I annoy myself!

Yeah I do obsessive cleaning when I'm stressed too. *I once scrubbed down the whole kitchen at dorm (it was a very gross kitchen) in the middle of exam week *::)

I will engage in "cleaning binges" when under stress too.

I don't drink much at all anymore, and when I do, rarely more than a few. I don't like to really lose control. When I do fall under the effects of alcohol, I tend to be a mellow, happy "drunk".

[Max T]

I would be surprised to meet an INTJ that likes getting drunk out of their minds. *It's just not in our nature... *People that do are automatically assumed non-INTJs, even if they claimed they were, because we're just not given to such follies. *We need our minds to be ourselves.


I agree...Wolf
Agree.

I enjoy getting a bit drunk with a few friends as its interesting to see what irrational (normal) feels like. * *
But after a point, *I'm acutely aware of the decreasing usefulness each extra pint of beer has on both a. enjoyment of the evening (less desire to laugh and more to sleep) and b. repurcussions the next day (hangover and loss of hours).

As the years have passed, my occasional drinking friends have thankfully reduced their consumption to this level too. :thumbsup:

[eyebyte_AtWork]

I drink to get messed up.

I change a lot when drinking - when I start I am pretty quite - after a few - I will drink more.


After that - if it is a good environment - I will get along - and even have fun.

If its questionable - I will get paranoid and "see angle" that may or may not be there.

I have at one time put my fist through the windshield of a moving car - just to see if I could.

These days - not so much.

Classic drunk that I am - I drink to escape reality in a self medicating frenzy.

It's killing me.

[Jbmontag]

It's been about 8 years since I drank. I was a blackout drunk, and drank with that goal. I really enjoyed the feeling of losing control :thumbsup:

[Ijz]

I would be surprised to meet an INTJ that likes getting drunk out of their minds. It's just not in our nature... People that do are automatically assumed non-INTJs, even if they claimed they were, because we're just not given to such follies. We need our minds to be ourselves.


I agree...Wolf
Agree.



Same here.

People often told me to "let go" on parties and so. Always thought something was wrong with me. Especially and the end of the evening and after a decent amount of alcohol I became very alert and awake, as if my consciousness was refusing to let go. Anyway, these days I can let go a lot better and "enjoy" it more, but it does make me feel empty inside...

[grey]

To begin with, I only ever drank socially, and then I'd get completely silent, whereas I'd at least make some attempts at socializing when sober, with the assurance that these people were mostly drunk, and thus I had a wider margin within which to "err."
Eventually, under extreme pressure and stress, I took up drinking alone, and found it to be a much better escape than I had judged it to be, previously. I really only ever self-medicate with alcohol, and then only in more particularly stressful times when over-thinking a troubling situation is possibly doing more harm than good. It typically makes me both very energetic and very happy/carefree. I always have to *do* something when I get drunk, though there's no point between sobriety and loss of motor functions where I would consider myself reckless. Still cautious, and still able to at least remember how my sober mind functions enough that I can make normal decisions if needed. It only provides a means to escape obsessive loops.

I am gradually digging through and finding that most of the questions I have thought might be interesting to ask of such a community as this have already been asked.

[Sergeant]

I have never been drunk, and never plan to.

[hopscotch]

I've been drunk a few times. Although I'm small, I can consume a surprising quantity of alcohol, which is bad for the bank account. I haven't been too impressed with the effects. I don't get hangovers but have occasionally gotten sick. I've also discovered that alcohol loosens my tongue but doesn't remove my inhibitions. What's the point of getting drunk if I still can't escape myself?

[GOD]

I've been drunk a few times. *Although I'm small, I can consume a surprising quantity of alcohol, which is bad for the bank account. *I haven't been too impressed with the effects. *I don't get hangovers but have occasionally gotten sick. *I've also discovered that alcohol loosens my tongue but doesn't remove my inhibitions. *What's the point of getting drunk if I still can't escape myself?

People use the "I was drunk" as an excuse to "go for it".

[Aoiluna]

When I drink, I try not to get to the point where I cant remember what happened the next day. I havent ever passed out or thrown up due to drinking, and the last time I drank I completed a sudoku puzzle fairly well, but dont really remember why I did it or some of the other details that night. Apparently I spoke my thinking process out loud while I was doing it, and I am an extremely happy drunk. I do like the taste of alcohol (hard liquor, not beer) but I am forming an experiment for myself to test my alcohol tolerance. yes, and experiment in which I get drunk. ;D

[Paul V]

Never have been, so I wouldn't know.

I would probably lose control, which is why I stay well away from alcohol.

[deicruxified]

my dad: s you want to drink eh? lemme see how far you'd go...

he bought beer good for a month and he had me and sister drink everyday... till we got tired of drinking beer and can't wear our pants anymore (gawd we gained weight).

so how am i when i'm drunk... i'm too receptive and all information easily sinks in

[The Many]

As stated somewhere else, I much enjoy drinking. Probably the only time when I can fully relax and not think about everything. I tend to become more introverted when drunk, I sit back and enjoy the dizziness in my head. Of course, I have never gotten hungover either, despite drinking until many memory losses, which has made me enjoy drinking a lot more than I probably would otherwise.