It's interesting that the primary description is taking the edges off. It's an apt metaphor, because I feel the same thing. It's just interesting that the majority describe it in such a way in the absence of physical edges.
It's alcohol specific for me as well:
Vodka makes me very brash and easily coerced (like jumping into pools, pissing in public, screaming obscenities). It high doses, I'm in a permanent red - anything will piss me off, and I will make my physical presence known. It's my least favorite alcohol because I truly value my sober passivity, and it goes immediately away with Vodka.
Tequila makes the world very dizzy and very uncomfortable, as if I can feel the actual speed at which the earth is rotating. Any amount makes me want to vomit.
Cider makes me bouncy and comfortable; I can't really get drunk enough on this stuff to make me unhappy.
Jaeger makes me alternate between sadness and anger, and I often hallucinate my own death, or feel that I am slowly dying. I think there's something more than alcohol in Jaeger.
Beer gives me the stereotypical drunk; no sense of direction, inane rambling, incredible stumbling (I have poor balance sober), and a dominant slur. In lower doses, it makes the world warm and inviting. Medium doses are truly unfortunate, because I forget to filter my words for the audience. I start breaking out four or five syllable words and start pondering consciousness and the meaning of life (or equally intellectual concerns).
Rum is the same as beer at low dose, but becomes like vodka at high dose.
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