My long-time friend Francis confessed that he's in love with me. He said that he's been in love with me for three years now but he didn't know how to tell me because we're such good friends and he didn't want our friendship to be affected by his revelation. Last week, he finally had the courage to tell me how he feels because he had too much booze. Our friend Fred said that alcohol can really heighten up one's confidence level that it makes you do things that you normally couldn't. So, is it true?
2007-10-08 18:28:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
In a way, yes, alcohol does increase a drinker's confidence. Alcohol has this effect of lessening one's inhibitions and therefore promoting aggressiveness. Have you noticed how a person becomes very talkative when he drinks alcoholic beverages? Alcohol also affects a person's judgment and develops temporary spontaneity. I guess the alcohol really helped Francis in confessing his love for you. You're lucky he didn't drink more than that because with a confidence level like that, there's a huge possibility that he'll conquer his fears and just kiss you.
2007-10-08 18:30:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol does not heighten confidence, instead it alters the part of the brain dealing with speech, memory, and judgment. As a result, it appears that confidence is boosted when in fact due to the slowing effects of alcohol on the brain, confidence is actually lowered.
2007-10-08 18:35:45 · answer #2 · answered by khollisky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the phrase goes "A drunk man's word is a sober man's thought."
But really, if he was drunk when he told you, two things could be happening. Either he was telling the truth while he was drunk and if you reacted in a way he feels is less than enthusiastic, he's backpedalling to save his ego and the friendship. Or he was just operating on a whim, that the thought of coupledom with you has appealed to him from time to time, but hasn't been that "into you" to pursue you in a romantic (sober) manner.
And either way, he has the booze to blame, which lowers his personal risk factor!
Unless you're really interested, let it slide and chalk his words up to one to many. Laugh about it, forget about it, and go on being his friend.
If you really want more than a friendship with him, let him know you're interested.
And if you don't know if you're interested, you're probably not.
2007-10-08 18:45:11 · answer #3 · answered by mithril 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell yea it does.. ive had tons of experiences like that..Ones were i couldn't normally say thing to certain people when im sober.. but when i got drunk.. it just poured on out. It might even give you too much confidence if your not carefull lol..
In your situation... i think he really ment it. You have been friends for years. That makes a big difference.
2007-10-08 19:08:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Booze heightening one's confidence level is a myth.After boozing you loose your mental ability to differentiate between something correct or otherwise and tend to blurt out emotions hiding in your mind.Sometimes you reap adverse results too.
2007-10-08 18:42:47 · answer #5 · answered by yogeshwargarg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol is a depressant. It would not provide you excellent self belief in an attempt to speak. What it does do is it relaxes your nerves and supplies a carefree variety physique of strategies. Your partitions come down in an attempt to speak.
2016-10-08 21:18:18 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if we're more confident or more stupid!
...liquid courage...
2007-10-08 18:32:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
its called courage in a bottle. have to be drunk to do anything you couldnt do sober.
2007-10-08 18:47:58 · answer #8 · answered by joes_mom86 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2007-10-08 18:34:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋