Does a good deed count if you are drunk when you do it?

I think that it is the result that counts. You might feel remorse for having done something but the deed remains.

Count for what, exactly? Getting into Heaven?

I was drunk when I pissed on my friends futon. I got a ton of shit for that. Pretty sure good/bad goes both ways.

Yes, absolutely. For many people, inhibitions are lowered when they are in an altered state, and sometimes that’s a good thing… and if the end result is a good deed – why that rocks.

It’s still a good deed but albeit in my mind it doesn’t mean quite as much

The thought is still there no matter what state of mind you were in, but I think people would be less acknowledging of your good deed…

@hug_of_war in another thread anonymous good deads are discussed. Does it mean less if the anonymous giver was hammered?

Drunk is diminished capacity. It is not diminished responsibility. You do it, you own it, drunk or sober.

I agree, what goes down when you are drunk, never happened.

@O What did you say, half the human race just disappeared. Are you happy now?
Great name by the way, it’s perfect because I’m lazy.

Heck yes it counts. It’s just like how a correct guess on an exam still counts as a correct answer. (Maybe a weird analogy, but it’s early and I can’t think of anything else.)

So long as the person doing the good deed is sober enough to accomplish said deed without damaging or harming anything else then it counts.

Sure it counts, for the most part. It depends on what it “counts for”.

Here is a prime example. I was leaving the supermarket and noticed a man standing on the sidewalk. He is a very big man. I also noticed that his eyes were blood shot, he was swaying a bit, and he certainly seemed either intoxicated or high. He was smoking a cigarette. I am pregnant and was dreading walking by the freaking thing and there was no room for me to go elsewhere. But as I walk by the man he quite intentionally moves the cigarette out of my way and exhales the smoke so that it would not get near me. He smiled at me as well. I figure if this guy can be so attentive and kind then there is no excuse for others :).

They fuckin’ better be. . .

Good deeds are good deeds. If you’re helping someone I don’t think it matters what state you’re in.

it counts in that it is a good deed
the rest is irrelevant, to me, anyway

Yesh. I biliv it doz.

Count where? Who is doing the counting? It would seem a good deed is always worthwhile because I presume someone has been helped. Don’t understand the counting bit though.

No! I hate this. I hate having to look back on a situation and tell myself it was because I was (or someone else) was intoxicated or high; it’s so stressful to have to doubt every few steps.

I wasn’t aware that there was a score regarding good deeds.

“For even in dreams a good deed is not lost.” ~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca

With that in mind, if good deeds count when you’re asleep, they should count when you’re drunk.