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* ''Citadel'' by Dale Dye (aka ''Run Between The Raindrops''). In the final attack on the eponymous fortress in Hue, the protagonist notices the NVA defenders are strangely slow to react to his presence. Turns out they figured they were going to die and so doped themselves up beforehand. Unfortunately in this case artificial courage also means slow reaction time, making them [[TooDumbToLive Too Drugged To Live]].

* ''Industrial Revolution'' by Creator/PoulAnderson. Leads to a EurekaMoment when the AsteroidMiners fetch a bottle when a MisguidedMissile is 'accidently' launched by a battleship to force them off their mine so it can be appropriated by the Earth government.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': Mittens accidentally falls face first into a spiked punch bowl in “The Wedding Reception,” and drinks some of its contents. It lowers her inhibitions enough that she dances with Bolt.

* ''Literature/TheSignOfFour'': Watson partly credits the wine he'd had for lunch with calling out Holmes on his use of drugs, something of a feat given how often he mentions Holmes' rather domineering personality.

* After Sonny gets killed in ''Film/TheGodfather'', Tom Hagen has to deliver the news to Sonny's father Don Vito Corleone. Before even hearing this, Vito notes that Tom has been drinking liquor leading up to and at the start of their conversation, so he can already tell that whatever news Tom has to bring is not happy news.
* In ''Film/FiveStarFinal'', Taylor comes back to the office drunk, and when Arthur asks her why, she says she had to get drunk to tell Randall what she wanted to say. And she does, telling Randall that they are doing a terrible thing to Nancy Townsend. (They all work for a newspaper which is digging up a 20-year old murder scandal and raking Nancy Townsend over the coals in order to sell papers.)

* At the end of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'', Samwise Gamgee chugs an entire mug of ale before proposing to Rosie Cotton.
* In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Alfred Pennyworth offers "liquid courage" to help Harvey Dent face the crowd in his own fundraising party.
* After the bar brawl in ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', Jayne was freaked out by River even in her confinement. He wouldn't have confronted her if he was sober, especially considering that was close to the mistake that almost got him ThrownOutTheAirlock during the TV series.

* The Australian film ''Film/BlackAndWhite2002'' is about the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Stuart Max Stuart case]] in the late 1950's. Lawyer David O'Sullivan asks his female colleague Helen Devaney why she drinks so much. She points out that as one of the few female lawyers in the country, she's had to get up on the stand with an entire roomful of male colleagues all hoping she'll fail. "A few drinks and I had as much balls as any of them."
* ''Film/DoubleWedding'': Throughout the whole film, Waldo has been a rather meek tempered man who’s willing to do whatever makes everyone happy but himself. But once he finds out that Irene is marrying Charles, and he has a bit too much to drink, he finally stands up for himself.

* ''Film/AnotherRound'': The film is about four teachers who decide to maintain a constant state of 0.05% BAC to gain more self confidence and social inhibition in their daily lives. One of them also encourages a student suffering from anxiety to take a few drinks of liquor before a critical test to calm himself.
* ''Film/WildRiver'': Chuck goes over and gives a blunt, heartfelt speech to Ella after drinking a jar of moonshine and being on the verge of passing out.

** When Creator/AllisonJanney won an UsefulNotes/EmmyAward for a guest role in ''Series/MastersOfSex'', she thanked a crew member who had given her a shot of bourbon before a sex scene.

** Charles Joughin, the same person mentioned above, managed to keep himself alive long enough to be rescued by chugging a flask of brandy as the ship went under. He's is seen doing this on the sinking stern in ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' and is one of the people who manages to ride it down, although his survival is not depicted in the film.

** Creator/GinaGershon and Creator/JenniferTilly prepred for their sex scene in ''Film/Bound1996'' by drinking tequila.