So whenever I'm out, I'm always with my entourage of friends. My friends always like getting super hammered, and so do the people around me (people at parties and such).

However, this impairs my judgement and I end up looking like a fool stumbling around and crap.

My question is... when should enough alcohol be enough?

What's a good amount of alcohol to have where you don't look like sober sally, but don't make yourself look like a jack@#$.

Enough to get you in a good mood and increase your confidence in a social situation.

I myself however don't really drink and don't really agree with people who say drink is neccessary to have fun. It isn't. Instead feed off the SPAM, which works for me fine.

I dont drink a single drop of alcohol when I go out. If you have MORE fun then them when your sober, no one calls you out on not drinking.

But a good rule is that you can drink only AFTER you are in state. If your drinking to get happy and in state, that is bad. Chodes do that.

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Good thing is I have no chance of being a 'chode' as I don't drink 'cause of a medical condition. Natural confidence it is then...

It works differently for different people. What I've noticed is that I suck when I'm sober (inner game.. yeah!). So I just drink and become a hopeless flirt. On one occasion I was walking back to our hostel with a girl in each arm after a party, and couldnt remember how I did it the next day. For such people the challenge is to wash off the social conditioning that makes them AFCs in their sob er state, and predatory flirts when the inhibitory social mechanisms are down.

That is why I am here

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No girl is too pretty, and no woman is too ugly for me. That is my Creed.

I don't think that alcohol is a "cure" for inner game or AA as many people believe or use it for. The idea that after a few drinks you feel more confident isn't really how it seems. I feel that alcohol doesn't directly give you a confidence boost at all. What it does give you is an excuse to fall back on incase you mess up or look like a fool in front of people, which in turn gives you that confidence boost. You figure that if you mess up, you can just say you were drunk and it's all okay. It's the same as a girl waking up next to a random guy they met at the bar the night before and later explaining to her girlfriends how she was "sooooo drunk". It's an excuse.

I'm not condemning drinking in anyway. I say party on! My point is, if you feel the need to drink to sarge, maybe it isn't the alcohol you are looking for... it's an excuse to take pressure off of yourself. If you can find other ways to take this pressure off of yourself, you won't need to drink.

Now as far as the limit goes, drink because you want to enjoy a drink, not for any other reason. If you enjoy one drink and want to enjoy one more, go for it. If you want to enjoy seven more, go for it. I think the line is crossed when you can't handle yourself and you become a social burden, though. When someone has to "babysit" you, STOP drinking. It's not fun for them or anyone around.

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