Stop, and wonder; cry you out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Yes, it is possible to be drunk without wine; it is possible for a sober person to act as if he is drunk and to revel like a prodigal. If one could not get drunk without wine, the prophet would never have said, “Woe to those who are drunk not from wine”; if one could not get drunk without wine, Paul would never have said, “Do not be drunk with wine.” For he said this as if there were a possibility of getting drunk some other way. And it is possible. A person can be drunk with anger, with unseemly desire, with greed, with vainglory, with ten thousand other passions. For drunkenness is nothing other than a loss of right reason, a derangement and depriving the soul of its health.
