Actually, I'm just the opposite. Alcohol in large enough amounts to affect me, just makes me sleepy.

When I'm in a social situation with a lot of new people, it helps me a lot. I'm prone to anxiety attacks and it helps with that. And unless I'm super sad, it ALSO makes me insanely horny.

I very rarely drink, but when I do, I laugh a lot for about an hour and then fall directly asleep.

Alcohol definately makes me much looser.

Alcohol is a depressant, so it should by all rights make folks "loosen up". I'm a very high energy, talkative, manic type in my day to day. It's more of a geographic trait, really, NY and all that. Alcohol makes me talk probably more like a normal person; slower and less pressured. Personally, I think it makes me dull, though different kinds of alcohol produce a different kind of buzz. Wine makes me absolutely mushy and boring, beer a bit less so.

I'm not fond of using alcohol to loosen up. It helps you make bad, irrational, and sometimes mistakes that you wouldn't otherwise.

Rarely. If I drink anything with alcohol it's because I like the taste...I have yet to allow myself more than a few drinks in one night...if I start to feel like I'm loosening up, I stop drinking. I don't like the feeling of being buzzed.

Alcohol for me helps me relax, but the downside it it will make me sleepy. So to have the best of both worlds I will make a spiked coffee. Usually with Irish cream and coffee liquer.