For me, it's a strange and unpredictable thing.
Sometimes I will find I am shut off to reality. If I am really affected I'll do stupid things that no conscious being should do.
But just recently, after a couple of beers and a few more bourbons, myself and a good friend had one of the best conversations I've had, on existence and reality, energy, the Source, and how the concept of God ties in. I've never felt more conscious, and I've never felt more close to reality and oneness with existence. It was a strange experience, and I felt it for days afterward. In fact, I'm still feeling that strange feeling of oneness and unusual understanding now, though not to such a degree that I did at the time.
At the time I thought it might be a passing novelty thanks to the alcohol, but as time went by I found that I really did experience something that raised my consciousness to a new level that I could not use words to explain now, while I could use words after drinking alcohol.
I think, while alcohol can be really bad and lead to bad experiences, it can also lower your inhibitions and allow you to experience and reach for things you could not before. A trade off and a gamble. You probably won't reach anything spectacular or new, but just one time, you might.
It's probably a bad thing but it can lead to an incredibly good thing. Judgement? Don't use it. It's more harm than it's worth, and you're only getting lucky if it does lead to an incredibly consciousness-raising situation.
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