Nowadays I don't really see the point of getting drunk.  I still like the odd beer or something with a meal but the days of getting drunk are long gone.  Alas however I can still remember my younger days when Monday mornings would involve recounting drunken tales with friends, or at least attempting to recount them.  The night would be regarded as a greater success if one could no longer remember quite what you got up to.

Anyway, this isn't a social commentary on the lameness of such behaviour but more on reporting some interesting new research that attempts to lift the veil on just how we behave when plastered.

280 university students were asked about their alcohol induced blackouts.  Most were all too keen to fill in the blanks of the night before, and their desire to do so often led them to use some rather unreliable sources (usually their equally drunk mates), leading to some false recollections being formed.  Considering we tend to act pretty stupid when drunk, not being able to recall that is far from ideal.

Here is where it gets interesting however.  For you see those that had experienced blackouts in the past seemed to rely on the recollection of similarly drunk friends more than on sober people.  They even relied on drunk strangers more than on sober friends.