If you're drunk, do you lose concentration more often when casting spells? If so would you learn faster? or does being drunk affect your learning?
Getting drunk
Last I heard it does affect it. Makes training go up a lot faster from some people I've heard it from. Not sure if it's true, but I tried it once and it seemed to work.
Drinking can be very good for training. I dont know if its a "secret" why, but take it from me, if you drink enough and check your progress, you will likely figure out how it helps.
You train faster because if you get drunk enough you can lower your prof by 10. Lower prof goes up faster then higher prof.
being drunk does have an nice effect on something else, can't say what... especially if you pick the alcoholic perk!
Is it worth it though? Thats the big question that I haven't been bold enough to test out.
WC
Its well worth it for training in most cases.
... and you get that cool Ogreish slur too! It's funny how many people mistake you for an Ogre while you are drunk.
Drunkeness has benefits and drawbacks.
... Just like real life!
Monks, however, can make especially good use of it, I think 
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From what I've seen it definitely helps us IMMs with coding and building and what not.
Heh.
From what I've seen it definitely helps us IMMs with coding and building and what not.
Heh.
That was a funny joke.
A joke, right?
Actually you'd be surprised. Chayesh MUDs in his underwear after a long days work of drinking and 'building/coding'. Why do you think that it was known as the 'dead seagull' MUD for a little bit the other day? He was drunk and had to call in an expert who hadn't started his drinking for the day, Behrens. Only difference is that when Behrens drinks, Liches were made. So don't surprise if you find some nifty things in there about being drunk, okay?
When Chayesh drinks, we get Tiamat showing people where they can stick their dragon slayer.
I'll take unintentional euphemisms for 1000, Alex.
WC
No that's too hard, the new topic is anything. Just write anything and you win.
You are truely on a roll today, WC. 
Oh, that made my day. Thanks.
Its the Virus, the Virus I tell you.......Inside joke with WC.