"accidentally" got a bit drunk

[Viki63]

The difference is I don’t really believe that the state of sinful drunkenness truly exists. Or rather it does but it does so at insane levels

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Maybe you could tell that to the families of the 27 people who die each day in the US as a result of drunk driving accidents.

I don’t mean to sound mean. and I don’t think the OP committed a sin. But people who’ve had a few often don’t know how impaired they are.

Medical professionals recommend no more than one drink per day for a woman, and two for a man.

My husband’s in the hospital for his seventh straight month now with pancreatitis due to drinking. It makes me irritable, sorry.

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[LethalMouse]

Maybe you could tell that to the families of the 27 people who die each day in the US as a result of drunk driving accidents.

I don’t mean to sound mean. and I don’t think the OP committed a sin. But people who’ve had a few often don’t know how impaired they are.

Medical professionals recommend no more than one drink per day for a woman, and two for a man.

My husband’s in the hospital for his seventh straight month now with pancreatitis due to drinking. It makes me irritable, sorry.

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Sorry to hear

I was saying the difference in the drink itself being sinful vs the person… I give humans much less leeway than most.

When I was single, childless and living the fun life… I still didn’t drive drunk. It was not a good idea to me sober and therefore not one drunk.

I post much that humans skillset is denials. When people claim a morality exists sober and break it drunk, I simply see that the morality did not really exist.

And I blame most alcoholism on the sober person… It is amazing how many alcoholics exhibit similar tendencies in their sober life, and I work in a hospital with a large rehab program, have an alcoholic family member and etc… I blame the people 99% of the time

 

[Irishmom2]

But I am not advocating the extreme, but commenting on the level I think we can perceive the OP’s “1 extra drink” got them to being loving and kind and hugging friends… Most assuredly not evil

You keep going back to that as if that is the most important part of the OP’s post.
The point is not whether the OP was evil (which no one accused the OP of, btw) or not.

It is about responsibility for one’s drinking, no matter what. Own it. It wasn’t an accident. That’s a ridiculous claim.

 

[LethalMouse]

You keep going back to that as if that is the most important part of the OP’s post.
The point is not whether the OP was evil (which no one accused the OP of, btw) or not.

It is about responsibility for one’s drinking, no matter what. Own it. It wasn’t an accident. That’s a ridiculous claim.

I think what is in our heads is often poorly translated in short text

I am a 190 lb guy. I can drink 2 drinks per hour with no impairment and maintain a drive safe BAC hovering around .02 - .03 which I stop drinking at least 30 mins before heading out. (Tested via breathalyzer to know my limits accurately)

I have had 2-3 drinks in 45 min with absolutely no impairment…

However I have due to maybe tiredness, less food, less hydration etc had 1 beer and felt it.

So as that I have had 2 and said “wow not driving for at least an hour now bc I am off”

I percieved the OP to have encountered an effect similar to me having my usual 2-3 and being abnormally impaired which I still would never call “drunk” let alone sinful.

The fact that someone would worry about this and seek advice is where I come from with assurances of not being evil. I fear some people fret things not needing fretted…

So while I agree getting “drunk” is not really an accident, much as my example above being impaired when not getting what I would call actually drunk, can be an accident based on biological circumstances