Hey all, quick question: Has anyone used drinking as a tool to help them get reference experiences? I'm not talking getting shitfaced, but just having several drinks to loosen them up a bit. I'm inexperienced, but I'm actually pretty decent when using alcohol as a crutch (pulls a couple weeks in a row now). Obviously the concern is that alcohol is a crutch, and I wouldn't want to become reliant on it, but I'm just trying to get reference experiences before graduating to stone cold sober game.

I guess my question is: Has anyone done this? Do you think it would be useful to get the reference experiences, or should I just grow up and suffer through some painful sober experiences?

Thanks for any input!