It takes a lot of condensed pain to produce each drunk, and so to look out there and see the storm clouds is enough to break both soul and heart.
They were a couple of happy drunks, not on the alcohol, yet on that feeling of being loved.
It takes body fat to store alcohol, otherwise the liver must process all the quicker and alcohol poisoning can become a killer. Some folks really are "lightweights."
When the higher brain is incapacitated there is a degree of being drunk, and this can happen through alcohol, or fear or tiredness. It can also happen from positive emotions, from love and feeling safe. Pick your addictions wisely.