wow, theres an overwhelming one sided response. we've got some drinkers here...I think it also depends on who you hang out with, what bar your at, etc. Most of the bars I frequent will kick you out if you get too drunk and start making a fool of yourself. I had a friend who fell asleep at the bar once and the bartender asked us to "gather him up and go".
But then, at other bars, people like you to get so plastered you jump up on a table and start dancing, and they encourage it.
For me theres a fine line between just enough and too much. I'm really petite, and I "think" I can handle a lot of alcohol but I can't. I'll have 4 beers and am completely fine, buzzed of course, but able to carry an intelligent conversation. Then, it goes on to 5-8 beers(sometimes) parried with shots, and on those nights I will be having a conversation and then it's like an atomic bomb goes off. It's completely unexpected, and I won't be prepared for it. I will be stumbling around hardly able to see straight and will have to leave.
I agree with whomever said that they don't like the feeling of being heavily intoxicated and I'm the same. I partied and drank more in high school than I do now that I've been legal drinking age for 2 years. I think I got burnt out on it and now I just take it easy. Plus, I think it's better to keep your tolerance level low. You don't waste as much money and you keep your cool.
Theres nothing more unattractive to me than a drunken girl wobbling or being loud, falling down shamelessly, while her embarrassed boyfriend/date looks on.