This is much more common than you'd think. The reason you don't hear more about it is that these people don't use the internet, so it's not like they're going to tweet or blog about it.
This piece leaves out the most important advice for staying respectable when drinking: EAT. There's a huge difference between 4 drinks on an empty stomach and 4 drinks on a full stomach.
One thousand times this. And it doesn't count if you eat after the first drink, and hors d'oeuvres are useless. You need to scarf down a burger, a couple of slices of bread, some rice, pasta, anything voluminous to line your stomach BEFORE that first sip. It makes all the difference.
