# How Do You Know You're Drunk? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 7, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759 "2010-11-07T02:27:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/41 "2010-11-08T16:40:34Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > When I tell people I’m not drunk. This is still the best answer in the thread. > [@AnalogSignal](#): > > When my co-workers seem like a nice bunch of people. Honorable mention. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/42 "2010-11-08T16:44:51Z")
I know I’m tipsy when I just have a “woo-hoo!” feeling about life - even at a funeral “party” I know I’m drunk at the point when I take another sip and my stomach/brain tells me, through a flash of nausea, that I’ve gone too far. I stop drinking, get a little anxious, and switch to water. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/43 "2010-11-08T17:39:33Z")
My eyelids start to get warm and kind of heavy, which means I’m pretty buzzed. I know I’m really drunk when I want to be everyone’s best friend, I have no secrets, and I’ve kissed every girl in the room. ---
**Author:** ![wheresmymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/44 "2010-11-08T19:49:20Z")
I pretty much loose my sense of smell as I pass from tipsy/buzzed to drunk. I’ll also catch myself dropping the F-bomb a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eugene_of_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/45 "2010-11-10T18:33:12Z")
Sort of a punch to the back of the head feeling followed by a head bob. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/46 "2010-11-10T20:34:23Z")
My social anxiety and self-consciousness disappear. The last time I got drunk I ended up trying to mediate an argument between a Puerto Rican woman and her Ecuadoran boyfriend on whether Puerto Ricans can relate to the ‘‘immigrant experience’’ as citizens of the U.S. It was a great conversation, but no way in hell would I have interjected my opinion on such a sensitive subject unless I was completely plastered. I actually like myself better when I’m drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/47 "2010-11-10T20:35:52Z")
There’s an iPod/iPhone App for that. That’s how I know, just like everything else. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/48 "2010-11-10T20:43:13Z")
I stand up, and then say to myself “Oh, I’m drunk now.” I’ve been told that I’m an extremely sober-seeming drunk person. My Dad’s that way as well, though he has the excuse of being an alcoholic “So I guess you’re not really drinking tonight?” “Well, I’ve had 10 beers…” “:dubious:” ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/49 "2010-11-10T20:46:13Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > I’ve been told that I’m an extremely sober-seeming drunk person. My Dad’s that way as well, though he has the excuse of being an alcoholic > > “So I guess you’re not really drinking tonight?” > “Well, I’ve had 10 beers…” > “:dubious:” Like anything else, do you do something long enough, you get good at it. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/50 "2010-11-10T20:52:07Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > I stand up, and then say to myself “Oh, I’m drunk now.” > > I’ve been told that I’m an extremely sober-seeming drunk person. My Dad’s that way as well, though he has the excuse of being an alcoholic > > “So I guess you’re not really drinking tonight?” > “Well, I’ve had 10 beers…” > “:dubious:” I think it depends on what, exactly I drink. Tequila makes me do strange things. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/51 "2010-11-10T21:06:24Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > I stand up, and then say to myself “Oh, I’m drunk now.” That’s how I do it at Mexican restaurants. Standing up after sitting through a meal and 3 large-sized sweet drinks can be a revelation. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/52 "2010-11-10T21:15:01Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > I once read that Australian outback cowboys have a saying: “you’re not drunk until you vomit on your shoes.” In that case, I have never been drunk. I always seem to have misplaced my shoes before I vomit on my stocking feet. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/53 "2010-11-11T06:36:46Z")
With grain alcohol (190 proof), you don’t know you’re drunk until you fall down - kinda takes the fun out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/54 "2010-11-11T08:00:41Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > You can’t trust your brain, counting is the only way to know for sure. I’m that way. Even when I drank regularly \ my experiences with alcohol would fluctuate wildly from night to night, everything from 3 Long Islands and I’m just fine to one wine cooler and I’m barfing. Now I’m even less in control, since I drink-to-a-buzz maybe once every few years. Tolerance = \<0. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/55 "2010-11-11T10:08:02Z")
Being drunk as opposed to being sober is like the difference between Yankees and Damn Yakees; you either know it or you don’t. If you don’t, you are automatically unable to understand any explanation. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/56 "2010-11-11T13:14:22Z")
It doesn’t happen often, but if I start to hiccup while drinking, I know it’s time for bed (unfortunately, it will take a long time before I can get to sleep because it’s virtually impossible to get rid of the hiccup when I’m drunk). ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/57 "2010-11-11T14:16:34Z")
When I feel like whatever I have to say is terribly important. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/58 "2010-11-11T14:27:41Z")
I get kind of an absent-minded clumsiness. I can be quite coordinated if I concentrate, but I tend to forget that there’s a glass right next to my hand before I knock it over, or that I started to pour my beer into another glass a few seconds ago and now, staring off into space, it’s time to stop pouring. I also get kind of an odd sensation in my upper arms. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/59 "2010-11-11T15:33:11Z")
> [@mack](#): > > When I feel like whatever I have to say is terribly important. So THAT explains it! There must be a LOT of drunks around here! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-drunk/559759/60 "2010-11-11T16:03:36Z")
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