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So, I've never gotten drunk before. I've had a drink or two on occasion, but never enough to get more than buzzed. And realistically now that I'm on antidepressants I probably won't any time in the near future.

Something I've wondered about is when it comes up in movies or real life news stories is: Exactly how responsible are you for things you do while drunk? Not legally, that's more concrete, but practically. If alcohol inhibits your decision making capabilities, to what extent is anything done while drunk something you "decided" to do? You could still be held accountable for getting so drunk in the first place that this was able to happen, but that seems at least somewhat different from the actual act made during inebriation. Like say, drunk driving: Is the act of deciding to drive drunk merely the act of drinking a lot plus a roll of the dice to see if you end up making a decision you wouldn't have made sober?

Like I said though, I have no personal experience with this, so maybe I'm way off base in understanding the nature of how in control a drunk person is of their behavior.

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[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 15 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

It's such a hard question to answer because it varies by person, by dose, by context, etc.

It's not like you are there at the time feeling "oh I'm only 80% in control of myself here" there's no little sober pilot inside your flesh-mech running things, the person trying to determine how in control they are is impaired by alcohol.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 1 points 17 hours ago

There's still a little rational thread though. Like last week I was way too drunk to ride my bike home and I thought I was fine. After I fell twice I was like "ok, we have reviewed the data and it says perhaps we are too drunk."

[–] AskewLord@piefed.social 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I mean I am like that when I'm drunk, but that's also who I am in general. When I was super drunk in college I would self-regulate and stop drinking and like go somewhere safe to sober up. I also never hooked up with people drunk and stuff like that.

But many folks aren't like that, you're right. They are not monitoring their sobriety and thinking about how impaired they are... they are just in the moment feeling what they feel and reacting accordingly.

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You might have a pilot you trust, but he's still drunk

[–] AskewLord@piefed.social 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

and he knows it. the issue with a lot of drunk people who do stupid shit is they don't know they are impaired or drunk. often, in fact, they vastly overestimate themselves and their abilities due to the alcohol impairment. hence why they do stupid shit.

the only mitigating factor is that you're so relaxed physically from being drunk, you're less likely to hurt yourself. hence why drunk drivers are injured less than their victims.