Translations:Creating Comfortable Conversations/12/en

Alcohol and other substances can shift conversational judgement, loosening the ordinary sense of what is appropriate to ask or repeat. This is a widely observed effect rather than a moral point, and awareness of it is part of participating responsibly.

| Reality=Reality Check: the most common source of discomfort in group conversation is not conflict but exclusion that no one intended. People rarely set out to sideline anyone. Exclusion typically emerges from momentum — a topic that suits some participants, a pace that suits others, and no natural opening for those left outside.