Drinking is not a problem if the drinker has it under control. It becomes a problem when it controls the drinker.
It becomes a problem when it gets in the way of work, friends, and basic pursuits of happiness.
There’s always another beer.
Beeruser, oh ye of little faith ;).
Just keep toasting the altar.
I’m afraid I will have to quote the Simpson’s on this one.
“Alcohol-The cause of and solution to, all of life’s problems”
Cecil Adams on the possible causes of hangovers: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_230.html
Now will somebody please tell this tea-totaller (me) what it’s like to be drunk?!
Kent4mmy, this is called the brain-reward-cascade. People who have this deficiency suffer from “Reward Deficiency Syndrome”.
This is felt by some, and not others due to “…a variant form of the gene for the dopamine D2 receptor, called the A1 allele”.
Essentially, a majority of addictions are linked to this defect.
Read more about it here: http://www.amsci.org/amsci/Articles/96Articles/Blum-full.html
Any questions? 
ME
Tracer,
Now will somebody please tell this tea-totaller (me) what it’s like to be drunk?!
.Being drunk means differant things to differant people.
It can emphasise the mood you are in ,happy can go to life and soul of the party ,whereas feeing jaded can become maudlin right through to depressed and in tears.
The trick is to start off in the right mood and with the right people.
“You’re my best mate you are”
Is the sort of crap you wind up talking.
It’s fun if you do it like that, but you can go waaay too far .
There seems to be a national drunk profile too.
The English get drunk and try to re-enact the Battle of Waterloo all they can do is fight.
Germans just have a great time, the flip side being that they get all sentimental.
The French get obnoxious mind you ,its hard to tell the differance.
In Norway its so damned expensive to booze that I can’t say I’ve seen one drunk.
Americans all become proffessors of life!
Japanese- I can’t remember-that warm Saki is real deceptive.
Drunk in Holland causes serious amounts of ABBA selection on the juke box.
When you are drunk you can sing and you must not deprive your public.
Being blotto makes all females gorgeous and yourself quite the charming suitor.
Booze makes Kebabs taste nice!
Suddenly you can dance an’ Travolta baby got nuthin on you!
Every joke that everyone tells is side-splittingly funny.
Your jokes are so funny you can hardly get the words out.
The torrential downpour is but a mere trickle.
The keyhole seems to have shrunk.
Someone has traded your staircase for the North face of the Eiger.
The wife looks sooooo mean.
The couch looks reeeeal good.
The the sun rises five hours earlier than it did yesterday.
The coffee percolator had a new Boeing747 engine fitted inside it ,somewhere,and it’s on full boost.
Your wife politely enquires if you are now satisfied.
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Do not wait for the last judgement-It takes place every day
CAMUS-The Fall
LOL!
Great post, Casdave.
There’s always another beer.