Originally Posted by
StarCat 
I always figured that someone getting drunk just removes inhibitions, meaning that they act more like the "real" them.
I have wondered the same thing. My RAH was very kind and charming when sober, and at first, when drinking! But the more he drank and the more I began to complain, the nastier he got. The anger was out of control. Now I wonder which guy he will morph back into as he pursues sobriety - the same angry guy or the kind, charming one?
I'm remembering my days working with people with dementia and it was common knowledge that the mean ones tended to get more mean as they progressed into the disease while the nice ones stayed nice but delusional. Makes you wonder.....