Being vegetarian and getting drunk with alcohol
I'm just curious, but when you guys drink alcohol (beer, wine, liquor), and you get drunk, have you made mistakes and accidentally eaten meat because you were so wasted and uninhibited? Especially if you are an ex-meat eater?
I went to a wedding over the weekend, and got really drunk with vodka mixed with cranberry juice. Surprisingly, I still was aware of the fact that I was a vegetarian. However, when someone offered me a seafood appetizer, I took it and ate it unfortunately, not knowing that it was seafood and hence, non-vegetarian. It made me realize later on that I shouldn't drink so much because in public situations, other people may not care about the fact that you're a vegetarian -------- only you can care but must have full control of your senses and who you are.
Sorry if this post sounds like a joke -------- I'm actually serious, and I don't mean to imply that anyone on this board is an alcoholic. The vast majority of people drink socially, but unfortunately may lead to bad consequences while being incapacitated such as accidentally eating meat when you wouldn't normally eat it, or someone taking advantage of you.
Never had such a situation because I rarely drink. Woohoo party pooper me!
I have had situations when people had said "go on, take a bite of my burger" (Now now, let's not get dirty people!) or "aren't you just tempted to have the night off and share a pizza with me?'. To be honest though, I'm very fortunate in that I've never been one for fast food, unless it's a nice portion of chips but I never eat in the small businesses around London because most of them serve cheap chicken which I don't want to even think about how they were treated, so it's not a problem for me to say no. Plus it helps that my best friend has also converted to Veganism recently so she'd never put me in such a situation.
To be honest, I don't see the above situations any different from when your drunk smoker friend says 'go on, have a toke of my cigarette'. I have absolutely no interest in smoking, to me it's a foul habit so being drunk doesn't mean I'm ever tempted to smoke.
I hope that makes sense.
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