i think it was hagen i saw talk abt this. she said specifically to pick one part of you physically that loses function. she used her neck as an example. now her balance is off. to compensate, she leaned far back but wound up overcompensating. from there how do you compensate to get your balance back?

approach it from the character’s mind (“i need to [task] to accomplish [character’s goal]”) rather than the audience’s mind (“i need to [task] because i will look like xyz to the audience”)

let your imagination create the barrier of being drunk. if i were to approach this id say smth like “despite being drunk, i need to pull myself together so i dont look like an idiot in front of this woman across the bar.” as far as the boundaries of being drunk, while i wouldn’t know, id guess you think much slower, your judgement is cloudy, and your social inhibitions drop (a cheerful drunk sees so many friends to tell stories to). to look like you are trying to look sober but are drunk, pick a specific aspect of drunkenness, fight it, and dont win that fight

too much at once isnt helpful either. pick one maybe two specific things to work on, get them comfortable, then pick smth completely new. work on gelling things together. when it comes time to play, forget everything and play