  urlLink Survey: 1 in 5 Germans Drink to Get Drunk "LONDON - Almost 1 in 5 German adults - or 17 percent - believe the point of drinking is to get drunk, according to a survey released Wednesday. " I'm not German, but... DUH. I know that's the only reason I drink. I certainly don't drink because I enjoy the stuff. I can't stand the taste of beer, or pretty much every other form of alcohol, if I'm going to go through the pain of drinking it, I damn well better get really drunk. 
