Suppose that makes me a then.
I like a drink if im honest (not in a way that makes me an alcoholic of course) - just the generation i've been brought up in i suppose. BUT i dont think that turns the nighter scene into a p!ss head scene.
The fact is, back in the day (which is obvious to my profile i wasnt around for, but many people i know were), the drug of alcohol was swapped with something else. That drug(s) still exists today but nowhere near as popular a choice imo, for many differing reasons; a good thing too.
However just because i like a drink at a nighter doesnt mean i ruin other people's night. Sometimes i'll end up drunk, sometimes i wont. But my friends would always tell me if i was being a d!ck and probably kick me out (literally) and into a taxi home if i was.
I get the music, i get the scene, i dance between 50-75% of the night away at a nighter etc. I'm probably one of the people who the opening post refers to as a "new face".......but is it really those people who are ruining it?
I go to a soul night / nighter for the MUSIC, not for the beer, but it doesnt mean it cant go hand in hand.
Although my post predominantly disagrees with the original post, i strongly agree that people should know there limits (as with any vice) and stop before it gets messy, or impacts other people's enjoyment.