Thursday, October 11, 2007

Should Drunk Confessions Ever Constitute For Anything?


I've always been torn when it comes to this reoccuring question about "drunk confessions". In my experience, I tend to be more impulsive and honest when I'm under the influence...but that's not a fair assumption to assume everyone else shares that tendency. What can we argue though? That people tend to be bolder when they're drunk or lose their conscience?


In any case, this is a confusing situation but can be different depending on the confession I suppose. If it's a classic "oh my God I love you" it's fair to assume that person love everyone in that moment. If it's more like "you're really an amazing person, I wish you would let me back into your life" is where it gets tricky. I assume that people often wait to make these confessions while under the influance because subcontiously they know the confession is ridiculous and hope that their "being drunk" can somehwhat void it out if the confession is unwelcomed. Other cases, I believe while under the influance we lose the ability to censor our comments and ultimately some hidden truth comes out, whether intentional or accidental.


It all comes back to that classic...everything happens for a reason clause. If the words weren't meant to be heard, they wouldn't have been uttered (by drunk or sober lips it makes no difference). The true test for those who are curious would be to bring up the drunk confessions at a sober moment, but this always opens the door for the confessor to deny the statements out of shame or embarassment. Unfortinately, the drunk confession seems to stir up a lot but at the cost of confusion more than any sort of enlightenment. To me drunk confessions bare a shadow of truth but stand weak if the confessor will not say the same words sober. Its better to walk away and hear the same kind words or confessions from someone who is brave enough to say them sober even with the consequence that they may be rejected.

1 comment:

Nadia said...

A decidedly good take on the subject and I agree that people seem to use the drunk state as excuse for saying dumb things.