No but I beat up an old lady over a 6th round draft pick yesterday. I wanted the guy from New Mexico State and the b**** just wouldn't see things the right way.
In my family, drunken behavior depends on the type of alcohol. Beer - Party down drunk - Most peoples best friend. Peacemaker. Bourbon or Whiskey - Mellow stupid drunken. I know everything, but I am too drunk to pronounce anything. Vodka - Cocky once the limit is reached. Beyond that is when the fighting starts. Rum - Great buzz, but horribly dehydrated the next day. Tequila - I will mop the floor with anyone. I honestly don't touch rum and Teq drinks. Vodka drinks must be mixed, and not the primary drink of the night. The only time I drink whiskey is if it's a Crown shot, which is rare.
I think there are all types of drunks: Happy drunks Angry drunks Sad drunks Gay drunks - straight guys who get "too happy" with males - not intercourse but like hugging, dancing, touching in forbidden places etc. I'm sure there are more categories.
Alcohol makes you do stupid things. When I was 31, my wife (girlfriend at the time) became concerned with my drinking because I was doing stupid stuff that I would never do if I was sober. I work in bars as an entertainer and drinking heavily had become part of my show. Anyway, it became very important to her that I cut the drinking out so I did. I still drink a few from time to time, but nothing like I used to. I can't tell you how nice it is to wake up every morning without a hangover or wondering why you did the stupid crap that you did the night before. My father is a recovering alcoholic and he has almost died because of his alcoholism, so it's always been a concern for me that I would become an alcoholic. He's been in and out of AA for the past 30 years and I didn't feel like I got to the point where I consider myself an alcoholic. I was able to quit with no withdrawal symptoms (I didn't have to drink everyday), so I really didn't want to have to do the total abstinence from drinking that I think comes with being an alcoholic. Like Imadrummer says, if you can teach yourself to stop or moderate your drinking to where you are ALWAYS in control, you will be much happier. It's really nice for me to drive home every night from the bar and no that if I got pulled over by the cops, I would have absolutely nothing to worry about. Good luck.
F*cking Aye right. Takes some of us a little longer than others to learn this, and sometimes it takes a Grand Mal Seizure....which puts you on meds where you absolutely cannot have more than two or three drinks.
Can't you still be ticketed for driving under the influence even if you are under the legal limit? Safe bet is always use a DD.
You can get ticketed for having an open container. If you pass the field sobriety test and show no signs of impairment, you should be free to go even if you have alcohol on the breath. The breath test usually follows a failed field sobriety test.
This is when I am thankful that I worked in a bar for several years both before and after I turned 21. Drunks are stupid. PERIOD. End of Line. If you can't control yourself enough to stop lifting a drink, what makes you think you will be able to control your wrods and actions once the alcohol has kicked in? I'm not trying to be a dick, but that guy kicking your ass better be a wake up call. He could have killed you or worse you could have gotten into a car and killed yourself or an innocent person on the road. Time to grow up.
HAHAHA! Quoted for truth. To the OP: I'm 21, and I'm seriously considering cutting back on nights where I black out, etc. I've had some situations with fights, and the worst parts are getting my friends hurt. Last Friday I even fell and scraped up my face pretty bad on my own, but it's all good because I hooked up with some cutie. Just do what feels right man, if you feel like you're too grown up for that nonsense just control your intake when you go out. You should be experienced enough to know your limits.
It was time for me to stop doing Judo tournaments regularly last year when I was 35. It was time to to stop doing mixed martial arts tournaments when I was 32. It was time to stop getting drunk and into streetfights when I was born. Getting into streetfights or barroom brawls is just plain stupid even if you know how to fight. You could slip on a wet spot and crack your skull trying to execute that Taekwondo spin heel kick, you can break your neck falling back into a chair trying to do that armbar you saw on UFC and a guy could bite a chunk of your leg out as you try that triangle choke you saw on Pride. If you feel the need to fight join a martial arts club or Gold Gloves boxing where you can get your aggression out in a controlled environment rather than getting soused and taking it out on the street.
If you think you have a problem, you do. We're usually the last one's to see our own issues. I hope you confront it and get past it. There's nothing wrong with drinking, but if it starts interfering with normal life, it's a problem.
I don't recall the circumstances, though I'm sure it was a misunderstanding. Now that's a classic line....
