Why do people use alcohol as an excuse for doing bad things? Does it really make you 'that' unaware or 'that' unable to control yourself? Is it really that effective, or is it just an 'easy' excuse (Oh I was drunk, I didn't know what I was doing)?
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Zandalee.Lonely.Lunatic.3yrs-here
ANSWERS: 19
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Yes it can make you do crazy things and loose control over yourself. But at the end of the day you are responsible for your own actions regardless of how drunk you are, so being drunk is not an excuse, a reason yes, but not an excuse!
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PMS is a better excuse. =)
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Yes. But that only works if you actually have been drinking, if you are sober, well then that excuse isn't going to work so well.
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Never, I take full responsibility for all my actions no matter what my state of consciousness is.
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"Oops I dropped my glass, hehe!" - Yes. "Oops I made out with this guy for like half an hour then we took all our clothes off and had wild monkey sex all night" - No.
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Being drunk is a reason but not an excuse. Being an excuse makes it ok (for example, sorry I did not hold the lift doors open for you, I did not see you!) and being drunk does not make silly actions ok.
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Nope, you are fully aware of what you are doing when you are drunk. At least i am. If you want to act silly do it but remember there is always consequences in the end.
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No. Being drunk is no excuse for unacceptable behaviour.
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I take full resposibilty for me actions when I am drunk as long as I can remember them (I only evert drink with friends & my bf so I know I am safe)
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It is a very good excuse for doing bad things because it relaxes an area of the brain that controls your "reasonable behaviour" area. It relaxes you to the point you do funny or foolish or dangerous things that you normally would never do. It not an excuse really, but it does affect you that way. People who can not control themselves after a drink obviously should not drink...some people just get sick (serves them right)and barf on their best friends new seat covers...others make it to the bath room but miss the toilet and barf in the floor.My friend barfed on the window inside of my new car and it ran down the glass into the door and I will not go anywhere with her now if she is going to have a drink.
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For the same reason people use any excuse for doing bad things. It's convenient and easier than admitting that the bad behavior was entirely their fault. People come up with all kinds of ways to blame other people or things for their own actions, but in the end only that person is responsible for how they acted. Silly really.
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they use it because they cannot own up to what they did. i believe we just do what we want when we are drunk.
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Because it does effect the way you act..
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Because it's easy to get away with! ....That was the alcohol talking...**hiccup**
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I think it's just a cop-out when someone says the alcohol made them do something. I've been a bit drunk but it would be dumb to say I didn't still know right from wrong. I think when people get drunk they just don't care or are so dumb to think they won't get caught. You feel a bit invincible at times when you drink.
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How are you certain that it's really an "excuse"? Maybe they really were unable to control themselves.
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It's not just alcohol. People also use drugs and religion for the same purpose
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He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. Benjamin Franklin It doesn't make you unaware of what you are doing, it just makes you more likely to act on what you are already wanting to do. No inhibitions and all. As for why people will use it as an excuse, I think it's because it's an excuse they believe will be effective. Anyone who has ever drank knows better then to believe it because they have been there, but it still carries over well for some reason. "I was drunk" seems to carry over well for the rest of the population even though they know better logically. So it is both easy and effective.
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People use booze, drugs, there kids and each other as excuses for just about everything. It's mainly a Christian thing because of that stupid designer religion.
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