Do Drunk People Speak The Truth?
by A brief article about the effects of alcohol on people and their ability to tell the truth under the influence.
“A drunk man always speaks the truth” is what my dear old Grandma used to tell me. I’ve heard this or similar phrases banded about by many people over the years and wondered if there was any real, wait for it, “truth” in the statement. Oh and I write this with a sober mind and a better, clearer judgement!
READ ABOUT DRUNK PEOPLE SAYING THE TRUTH HERE: http://fullofknowledge.com/do-drunk-people-speak-the-truth/
Okay so alcohol has detrimental effects on many people. It can damage your health if taken in excess and it can also drive a sober person crazy who hangs out with that drunken person.
But have you ever wondered why a drunk person starts to blurt out certain “secrets”, whether exaggerated or not? Is there any truth behind those old phrases?
Just go out and hang in a bar. Watch people carefully as the night drags on and observe those people that when first entered were somewhat reserved, then as the night progresses and their intake of alcohol increases, they become far more relaxed and in a way, “confident”.
Suddenly those people start to talk much more openly. Their inhibitions are down and their body language is, apart from the totally out his or her face state type of person, open.
Strike up a conversation if you dare. Ask them some pointing questions.
I had a friend who tried this. He went out and approached a girl who he worked with a the beginning of the night. Now this girl, attractive and intelligent and apparently with a boyfriend, was very closed off at work. Guys looked at her but wouldn’t dare approach her as they knew she would never entertain them. Plus perhaps the fact she had a boyfriend with a rough reputation and not afraid to show that fact.
At first she just turned her back on him as if he just wasn’t there. He politely excused himself and waited. Then later during the night he watched her with her friends. She had already consumed two glasses of wine. She appeared to be more open. Guys would walk by and she would look up and f eye contact was made she wouldn’t just dismiss them, but allow a coy smile.
Then as the night grew older and she had at least another glass of wine she was up and dancing. At first the girl wasn’t too interested in guys but what he noticed was she would start to chat more to them.
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Post CommentJulia Richards
On September 28, 2009 at 11:45 am
I have had this converstation with lots of people in the past. If a man says he loves you when he is drunk are we to believe him or not? Or do those words mean absolutely nothing after 15 pints! Maybe the people who do this are just not very brave and need a little help to say how they really feel although I think it is very sad that some people cannot bring themselves to say those words in the cold light of day when completely sober. As a person who always says how she feels and doesn’t need alcohol to help her do that I struggle to understand why this is so hard for people although saying that understand that we are all very different. I know someone who would let the man of her dreams walk right out of her life rather than tell him how she feels!!! Maybe she should be constantly drunk! Anyway I think that drunk people do speak the truth as there is none of the worry about the consequences of what they have said as there would be when sober.
debbie
On September 28, 2009 at 2:37 pm
yes they do
cunt_stuble captian of the poo
On November 15, 2009 at 6:35 am
they do, but never in a dignified way!
Anjali
On November 26, 2009 at 11:22 am
One of my frnds whom I like and love….. is already engaged(which I dint knew at the beginning of our friendship). He shares with me everything every part in his life even about his girl..he tells all the conversations what they had..which I dint wan 2 as they giv me pain but got to listen as I am the only frnd with whom he shares everything. He really loves her but she don’t respond him as he does and yeah they both love each other. By the time I knew about he having a girlfrnd I fell in love wit him… I told him about my feelings but he never bothered about them…n I was not able 2 respond him as I did before. But one day when he is drunk he gave me a call and told tat he is missing me a lot, he told tat he is not able to get close 2 his girl, he told tat he has feelings on me, he told tat he is feeling bad as he is committed and still thinking about me, he told tat he hates me for coming late into his life, he told tat he is listening very closely to my words…listening 2 all his words I felt very happy but on the next day he gave me a call and asked whether he spoke wit me last night and asked did he blabbered anything cause he speaks a lot when he is drunk….tears rolled down when I heard him…… When I told him what all he spoke…he told he is drunk and as usual he never bothered about what all happened. I just wanted 2 know…. about the feelings in his words when he is drunk..r they true or just a drunk man words which are not true as he told……..
el
On December 6, 2009 at 10:13 pm
It’s very much true that drunks blurt the ‘truth’..things they wouldn’t say when they are sober.
Many of these people don’t have the courage to make their feelings clear to the person that they like..
Just a few days ago, I went to a BBQ and I had a one-shot of vodka with my friends. One guy in particular, I’ll call him N, appeared to be a little drunk after the one-shot.
Long story cut short..I walked to the bus-stop with him..and when we got on the bus, turns out, he was DRUNK, not a little drunk.
He began talking to me on the bus..the first thing he asked me was:” Do you have a boyfriend?” The moment I heard that, I knew he was totally wasted. Cos’ I know him as a classmate, and the usual him was far from being straight-forward.
So I just played along…and towards the end..he said that he kinda liked me..Does that count as a confession of feelings? I think not as he was DRUNK. It doesn’t count.
a drunk
On April 19, 2010 at 9:13 am
You have to take it case by case. I speak from personal experience. Being the drinker that I was I had friends that still would tell lie after lie after lie when drunk. Drinking amplifies emotion, so if someone cares at all about an ex, when drunk they feel they are in love. On the same hand it also amplifies confidence, if someone has something on their mind they might find hard to talk about, it comes out much easier when drunk. If I have a problem showing emotion (and I do) it’s much easier for me to tell someone I love her. I’ve also in a drunken state tried to tell stories while keeping some of the details to myself, the result while ment to be truthfull turns out to be a total lie. Also I have been known to tell girls what I think they wanna hear when I’m drunk. It depends on the person, some ppl may tell the truth when drunk, but I know for a fact that it’s not always the case. I hope that helps.
serena
On August 28, 2010 at 1:06 am
well, im almost drunk. and yeah, if i was talking to a friend id be way more open to telling them how i really feel instead of sugarcoating how i feel. in fact, anna m., you are a complete and total bitch. please go die in a hole and rot in hell to spare the rest of your classmates the sounds of your know it all voice. thanks. but yes. we talk openly because we like feelings, etc.
drelayaraja
On October 14, 2010 at 10:51 pm
I think only the drunk speak the truth now a days.. ha ha .. nice one.
Raj the Tora
On October 14, 2010 at 11:21 pm
Drinks brings out the truth telling (and kissing!) babies outside it seems. good share
clandestinef
On October 15, 2010 at 1:45 am
Interesting ideas…I believe they when they are drunk, they speak nothing but the truth…
addjusting
On October 15, 2010 at 3:41 am
amazing
Lord Banks
On October 15, 2010 at 4:54 am
I used to hang out with a whole group of people who drank to excess including me and in my experience it works both ways a drunk man or woman will tell you anything you want to hear if it leads to a sexual encounter. However the truth does come out too. I certainly have said things I regret the next day because they were true but I did not want to say them! so I guess yes and no is my opinion. Good work. LB
GodsGrace
On October 15, 2010 at 9:21 am
Good Post
albert1jemi
On October 15, 2010 at 11:47 am
ncie one
Arc
On October 23, 2010 at 12:52 am
Yes the drunk tell the truth my lover has just proven this too me and I was amazed at how much pain they really do feel. The were talking to me telling me how much i never cared although I think about it now… I do seem a bit self centered their words really opened up my eyes…an epiphany! I also payed attention to what lead up to them wanting to drink. they’d say, “Yes Captain!” earlier they were talking about the Peace Corps and how they wanted to help others. While they were drunk they fought and complained that they would never be much help to anyone. How they were bad and terrible person. In my partners mind all the insecurities they felt they expressed them while drunk. I thought there were confident and that they are strong a few drinks and they were scared and crying saying that they were worthless. Far from the truth…but to them they felt that they were truly worthless and they aren’t. Now I wonder how they are gonna handle their hangover… Yikes I hope they are spared some of the horror D:
How interesting it is to listen to a drunk person and what they have to tell…I now know how to act and let them know a little more that I do love and care for them! I really do and well I just hope they can see that later on down the road because if you ever see this… YOU ARE WORTH IT MY LOVE!!!! YOU’RE DREAMS ARE WORTH IT!!!! I LOVE YOU DON’T EVER FORGET THAT!!!!!! Everyone loves you and we all know that you are perfect no matter what anyone has to say or what you think of yourself! God forbid anyone else who tells you anything other than that because you are everything to me! I know and believe in you!
Jei-ann
On October 30, 2010 at 2:51 pm
When we had our overnight swimming. My best friend was drunk. I was lying in the floor covered with wet towel. It’s freezing cold. And then he came up to me. He tried to recognize me. He lie down beside me. And I started asking him questions just to joke around with him. He said that he saw my suitor hugging me tightly which is true. He said to me that “And you even like it so much when he hugs you.” Then he said that “don’t ever let him hug you again, huh?” He even said, “you’re so pretty.” Then the next day, he told me to forget all those things that he said. He told me that he was just drunk. He said he was embarrassed when he remembered it all. He said he just told me what he saw during that night when he was drunk. Now I don’t know if he has this feelings for me. Haha. But I don’t took everything he said so seriously cause I don’t even know what’s on his mind. Is he telling the truth or not. But I know and I felt, that we don’t really have feelings for each other. We’re just happy being together.=) I’m happy when I with him.
Confused Jayne
On January 28, 2011 at 3:50 am
My best friend called me from a party…
He said missed me, liked me and wanted to look after me from now on…
This is after a month fight we had were he gave up and said he would change for me.
So confused, I did like him at the start of our friendship…
But I have changed, and I dont know if he is even capable of the feelings he said on the phone…
It hasnt been mentioned since it happened.
Thoughts?
KittyK
On August 10, 2011 at 3:46 pm
I feel perhaps some feel much less inhibited and will speak inner feelings more freely, however those same thoughts may not be real after one sleeps off the booze!!!
Dean
On February 2, 2012 at 6:22 am
Alcohics are liars period! but why? After 44 years of abuse and 4 years of research ive come to this conclusion! underling psycholical disorders responcable for drug and alchol abuse is psychopathy! shock horror! NO there are 1 psychopath to 100 normal people in our lives
The sympoms of psychopathy are pathilogical lying,no remores conning,superficials charm permiscuis and parisidic life stile and drug and alchol abuse!
The symptoms of alcohol abuse is lying conning superfical charm permiscuity parisidic lifestile
Its a cone people as only a psychopath can do!
if you are in a relationship with a alcholic run as fast as you can dont fall for the charm/lies ei i love you ill change its all bullshit.
We fall for the cone when we first meat the person and the drinking starts and the real person comes out, The monster! but due to our empathy we want to help the person that we first new STOP THINK RUN as fast and as far as you can
souce Mask of sanity, Alonon meetings
good luck
dean
Emancipation
On February 3, 2012 at 1:08 pm
Who can trust what anyone says these days? Drunk or not?
Tiki33
On October 6, 2012 at 3:04 pm
They will say what ever comes to their minds. If maybe some rude comments or something that just doesn’t make any sense. They may tell some truth but I’m not sure if all their conversation is such.