I am not an addict/alcoholic or a cheater. However, when I was younger (college days) - my social activities mostly included drinking. Many of us woke up the next morning saying WTH??
I will not excuse my behavior, I will not use drinking as an excuse, there is never an excuse to be that drunk....however, I do think alcohol played a factor in some very dumb choices. I did a few things that I would never have done sober...including trying cocaine, kissing a hot guy although I was in a serious relationship, driving recklessly and being pulled over (No DUI, thank God), walking home alone drunk and mad at my BF in a very dangerous area, (a girl was raped and murdered in the same area the following week), etc. I got "lucky" and never paid any real serious price for my stupidity. I was also "lucky" because I never had any addiction issues unlike some of the friends I "partied" with back then.