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Locrian

(4,522 posts)
1. maybe he's just a drunk / hung over
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 09:40 AM
Sep 2018

He seems like he's a mean drunk - probably hung over 90% of the time.
Bet you a dozen donuts he got totally wasted this weekend.

mercuryblues

(14,526 posts)
2. Dt's
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 09:47 AM
Sep 2018

He didn't have enough to drink that morning. His red face, kept grabbing for his glass, as a lifeline.

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Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
8. He showed all the signs of being actively drunk in that hearing.
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 10:30 AM
Sep 2018

Slurring his words. Wobbling around in his chair. Glassy eyed, red faced. Belligerent and defensive. Crying at the strangest times (I honestly thought his dad had died recently, since he kept pausing and sniffling every time he mentioned him. The dude is alive and was sitting not more than five feet away!)

Let me put it this way: If this is how he acts when he's supposedly stone cold sober, can you imagine how he acts when he DOES drink? Like the man says, "he likes beer".

struggle4progress

(118,270 posts)
13. Instead of developing emotional maturity in his critical adolescent and college years,
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 12:39 PM
Sep 2018

he hid in a heavy alcoholic haze. He's still showing the psychological effects of that self-abuse

He may have some permanent brain damage from alcohol too

moriah

(8,311 posts)
14. Please don't insult those of us who actually do have bipolar disorder.
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 12:46 PM
Sep 2018

He's an entitled spoiled manchild who can't admit that he might not remember every party.

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