Drunkenness

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Drunkenness, in its most common usage, is the state of being intoxicated by consumption of ethyl alcohol to a degree that mental and physical facilities are noticeably impaired. Common symptoms may include slurred speech, impaired balance, poor coordination, flushed face, reddened eyes and uncharacteristic behavior. Without being inebriated, a drinking person may be described as "buzzed" or "tipsy" while experiencing these symptoms to a lesser degree.

A person who is habitually intoxicated in this manner is sometimes labeled, correctly or incorrectly, an alcoholic, often referred to as a "drunk" (a shortened form of the more traditional term "drunkard") or colloquially by any number of slang terms, such as alkie, waster, wino, lush, soak, etc. The popularity of particular terms (like all slang) varies from region to region.

1 Religious views
2 Law
3 Quotations
4 See also
5 External link

[edit] Religious views

Many religions groups permit the consumption of alcohol but prohibit intoxication, and some prohibit alcohol consumption altogether, such as Islam, where it is considered as an abomination in the Quran and Hadith together with gambling, fortune-telling, casting lots/ dedication of stones, and idol worshiping. Since it is among the Satan handyworks.(Surah Maidah : 90)

The Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church states in paragraph 2290: "The virtue of temperance disposes us to avoid every kind of excess: the abuse of food, alcohol, tobacco, or medicine. Those incur grave guilt who, by drunkenness or a love of speed, endanger their own and others' safety on the road, at sea, or in the air." The Church does not prohibit the use of alcohol if it is done in moderation; and indeed, the ritual use of alcoholic altar wine during the Mass is central to the Roman Catholic liturgy.

Nearly every Protestant Christian denomination has a prohibition on drunkenness due to the Biblical passages condemning it (Proverbs 23:21, Isaiah 28:1, Habakkuk 2:15, et al).

[edit] Law

Laws on drunkenness vary between countries. In the United States, for example, it is commonly a minor offense for an individual to be so intoxicated in a public place that he is unable to care for his own safety or the safety of others. This degree of intoxication is considerably higher than the standard for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs ("drunk driving"), which commonly requires intoxication to the degree that mental and physical facilities are impaired.

In the United Kingdom, police forces frequently target those deemed too intoxicated and arrest them on a charge of "drunk and disorderly".

There are often many legal restrictions relating to sale and supply of alcohol, and particularly relating to those persons under eighteen years of age (twenty-one in some jurisdictions) or to somebody who is already intoxicated.

[edit] Quotations

"I'm not so think as you drunk I am" Major Margaret Houlihan. M*A*S*H

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this advice to offer on drunkenness: 'Go to it,' it said, 'and good luck.' "
"You're drunk, disgustingly drunk!" "And you're ugly, disgustingly ugly! But tomorrow I'll be sober." -A drunken Winston Churchill in reply to Bessie Matlock.

"A woman drove me to drink, and I never had the common courtesy to thank her." - W.C. Fields

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"I'm not so think as you drunk I am" Major Margaret Houlihan. M*A*S*H "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this advice to offer on drunkenness: 'Go to it,' it said, 'and good luck.' " "I'm drunk, disgustingly drunk!" "And you're ugly, disgustingly ugly! But tomorrow I'll be sober." -A drunken Winston Churchill in reply to Bessie Matlock. "A woman drove me to drink, and I never had the common courtesy to thank her." - W.C. Fields

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The Five Stages of Drunkenness

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