Relax or Not

Alcohol can be a wonderful muscle relaxant. Problem with this is that the tongue is one of those human muscles that get relaxed after substantial consumption. And when one's tongue is loose I believe that the truth is spoken. "It is very hard to drink and lie at the same time (#1)."

It doesn't matter if that truth is harsh or not, because when alcohol is involved in large amounts all inhibitors are suppressed and tact, sensitivity and all those good things are out the window. It's not to say that the person being told the truth is not sensitive. They might not have consumed as much as the truth teller and therefore still actually feel something.

And once the words are out the mouth there is no getting them back. The recipient stews over them and sometimes cries over them. And the truth teller? Well most of the time they don't even remember saying what was heard. So for them, there is no stress and life carries on as usual, except they don't quite understand why the other person seems miff.

So should the truth teller be forgiven their drunken words? Should the recipient accept the honesty and look deeper and be less sensitive and know it's a truth they needed to hear, even though it should have been said with a bit more care? Do we all need to drink less, or be less sensitive?