"Being drunk adds value to everything else in life."

That is by far my most favorite quote from KUWTK! You cannot imagine how much I love Khloé for saying that. As soon as I heard it, I decided: "That's going to be my motto." Though tbh, it's already been my motto, I just never put it in these words.

Funnily, I started drinking kinda late. When I was 17, it was a very good year... No, I was 18, actually. But since I didn't do the whole take shots-drink-alcopops-and-use-funnels-thing (except for 1,2 occasions), I actually learned how to appreciate wine. Especially because I lived in France during that time.

Not that we don't appreciate drinking in Germany, we mainly just use less sophisticated beverages. Think about it: Drinking beer at 10 AM is trashy AF. But having mimosas for breakfast is perfectly acceptable. Same goes for wine vs beer at noon.

Besides learning how to appreciate wine, I also noticed that it makes everyone's company so much more enjoyable. Therefore, I wasn't surprised when a former boyfriend told me that his family would pretty much empty an entire cellar during one family meeting. And I could totally relate - my family does exactly the same. But it's not only your family that gets nicer with a few more glasses. I always find myself in way more interesting conversations or situations. After all, alcohol is a social lubricant, why else would they offer it en masse on The Bachelor? Though maybe I should add that I'm very friendly when drunk, I don't get aggressive, unless there's a chair I can fight over. (There was one funny incident in a bar. A good friend and I were sitting at a table with 3 chairs and since the bar was still empty at that time, I just put my bag on the third chair. One bottle of wine later, some dude came over and just wanted to grab the chair without asking. So I made this huge fight out of it and ended up yelling at him. I also think my friend was terrified.)

And I rarely get sad, either. On the contrary, I'm usually a little funnier and even wittier, or maybe it just seems like it because my senses are dulled, but I think that I'm at least a little more entertaining in one way or another. I also think that wine makes me more creative. It shuts up the inner critic. That's why I barely ever write without a glass or two. (Or three, or four, or five...) Also, even though I would never consider me a writer, I'd love to be one. And the great ones, Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, Truman Capote, Hunter S. Thompson weren't known for their healthy lifestyle and their addiction to juice cleanses. Well, except grape juice.

And aren't the crazy things you think, feel, say, do while being drunk what makes a great story?