feelings before you are drunk, that could be a case yet there are times i myself got drunk for the sake of distancing myself from reality (i.e. pain, nervousness, etc) but i am always a happy drunk.......people i know who are mean drunks seem to all share similiar lives, such as neglectful parents and rough transtitions through life.....i myself have kick ass parents and have had an easy life, albeit a very emotional one, but i am a happy drunk.....god i love alcohol!