Hi Mamaduck,
No this is not what alcoholics normally do, they however have been known to;
Drunk Man Gives Mouth-to-Mouth to Roadkill, Say Police
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Drunk Man Gives Mouth-to-Mouth to Roadkill, Say Police - Crimesider - CBS News
Opossum (AP Photo, file)
Opossum (AP Photo, file)
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (CBS/AP) When police found Donald Wolfe, he was giving mouth-to-mouth "resuscitation" to a long-dead opossum along a major highway, according to officials.
Trooper Jamie Levier says several witnesses saw the 55-year-old Brookville, Pa. man kneeling before the roadkill and gesturing as though he were conducting a seance, while another saw the mouth-to-mouth attempt.
Levier says Wolfe was "extremely intoxicated" and "did have his mouth in the area of the animal's mouth...I guess."
Wolfe was charged with public drunkenness.