KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "There is nothing more boring than being sober > when surrounded by people getting pissed." > > A long time ago I had about 15 months off the > beer, mainly because I'd just bought the ED house > and was in full renovation mode for ages. Getting > wrecked on a Friday, ruined the weekend's plans so > rather than trying to do both I just went clean. > Funnily enough, at that time (early 90s), there > were quite a few pubs doing draught alcohol free - > which I mistakenly thought would always be the > case. > Anyway, what I was trying to say, when I was not > drinking for that period of time and i was out > with my usual crowd I forgot that I was sober and > ended-up acting a drunk along with everyone else > (though, in retrospect, I had no excuse !). It was > only next day that I sussed why I didn't feel > rough and could work on house / get to work on > time and graft the full day etc. I didn't have a > sense at all of being sober but surrounded by > pissed people ! This is well recognised. I think there have been studies about it.