So, I’ve never gotten drunk before. I’ve had a drink or two on occasion, but never enough to get more than buzzed. And realistically now that I’m on antidepressants I probably won’t any time in the near future.

Something I’ve wondered about is when it comes up in movies or real life news stories is: Exactly how responsible are you for things you do while drunk? Not legally, that’s more concrete, but practically. If alcohol inhibits your decision making capabilities, to what extent is anything done while drunk something you “decided” to do? You could still be held accountable for getting so drunk in the first place that this was able to happen, but that seems at least somewhat different from the actual act made during inebriation. Like say, drunk driving: Is the act of deciding to drive drunk merely the act of drinking a lot plus a roll of the dice to see if you end up making a decision you wouldn’t have made sober?

Like I said though, I have no personal experience with this, so maybe I’m way off base in understanding the nature of how in control a drunk person is of their behavior.

  • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    It’s completely lame as f*** and nothing at all like how its hyped up to be.

    Like say, drunk driving: Is the act of deciding to drive drunk merely the act of drinking a lot plus a roll of the dice to see if you end up making a decision you wouldn’t have made sober?

    It’s an act of poor planning in regards to safety. That’s what the crime or sin is in this case. Don’t bring your car with you if you’re going to drink and don’t drink if you bought your car with you.

    Because being drunk fucks up your reaction speeds it’s not about making poor decisions while driving but rather not being able to react in time while driving and also misjudging how much force to apply when steering and pedalling and braking.

    So some common outcomes of drunk driving are:

    • drive into a tree because failed to turn enough on a curving road.
    • drive into the back of another vehicle because you pedal too hard or brake too little
    • drive into another vehicle perpendicular to yourself because didn’t check well enough due to impaired perception, impatience.
    • also can ruin judgement of distances which will increase likelihood of all of the following occuring.