MWM, I know exactly what you mean and I completely agree with you! I HATE to be around drunk people! I just refuse to do it! I don't mind being around people who are drinking as long as it's not to excess and it doesn't show on them. But when people start acting stupid or get mean or silly or irresponsible ... makes me EXTREMELY uncomfortable and I'm outta there!
I grew up with an alcoholic father. Some of my worst childhood memories are of being afraid, or being embarrassed to tears when he would go off on a drunken rant at family gatherings or in front of friends. Then, in my infinite wisdom, I married a guy who "drank too much" and in a few years he had become a mean rage-filled alcoholic. I actually spent twenty years with that man while his drinking damaged us all. I just have never "got it" about drinking. Why do people think they are so funny or so charming when they are drinking? They just look stupid and silly, or they start fights, then they get in their cars and try to drive and end up killing people! And I really resent being with someone who is drinking to the point that they are not in control of themselves and basically transferring that responsibility to ME and I don't want it! I have had my fill of trying to talk people out of driving or taking away car keys! I just have no desire to be around that at all! And I can't even imagine ever allowing myself to get in a condition where I can't take responsibility for myself! There is NOBODY that I trust enough to be responsible for me but ME!
