Originally Posted by Defee

Get real, Reba....lots of drunks are much capable to do things
like calling people,go shopping, keep on driving, do things
like that except they are sometimes incoherent, belligerent or
whatever.
You'd be surprised that a lot of alcoholics can control and hide
their alcoholism! Probably they have been doing it for so long,
that they are able to do that.
Some people cant tolerate the alcohol so they usually pass out.