hannnnaa wrote:ThatUptightNobody wrote:Ghost1991 wrote:Does anyone else here find alcohol makes it easier for you to speak to people? I went to a cousins wedding party and I actually had what resembles a conversation with a few people although I got a bit too drunk because I could barely stand lol.
Definitely. It makes it easier to speak to people, but more difficult to
speak coherantly. 
Alcohol is notorious for inducing disinhibition. While you may feel confidant enough to speak to people readily, you're a
hell of a lot more likely to make an ass of yourself.
The very thing AvPD's fear.

I make enough of an ass of myself when I'm sober by not saying anything and getting mad at people for ignoring me. I'm actually pretty funny when I'm drunk. I may make an ass of myself but then so is everybody else because they're drunk too, and it's more often the kind of an ass that people find charming and funny.
I'm glad you can have fun that way
But I tend to make an ass of myself. I drink when I'm more depressed than usual. I don't go out drinking with friends. The few that I have just leave me out. If they catch me drunk, while they're sober, they often end up telling me the next day that I was acting like a twit.
When I'm sober though, I tend to say stupid things when I do speak up, and when I don't I am inevitably ignored. And I don't just get mad when this happens, I feel worthless and withdraw more =/