The game world and it's mechanics kind of took a back seat to rampant drunkenness, squabbling and idiocy.
Played with a few who were like that, didn't bother going to those games very long. If I want to drink and socialize as such, I hit the bars with my friends. I don't need the excuse of a game to socialize with friends, so when we game... we game... when we drink... we drink, but we don't usually drink and game. /shrug
It wasn't just drinking. We'd bring ladies by the game and haul out all assortment of contraband, while fighting off armies of giants with a cross section of heavens host on our heels as we rampaged through Greyhawk. At the time, it was how it was and I didn't question it. Now I know the truth: I gamed with power players who lived life to the fullest. We were so damn busy with important, earth shaking developments and activities, we didn't have time to make crisp, clean lines between our gaming, working, drinking, fighting and fucking. I used to dream of being able to stay sober and level my cleric, but that's not what life had in store for me. A quieter, simpler life of just relaxing in front of a card table, lazily rolling the dice and hitting for just enough to drop that single kobold in the encounter? The good life... I envy you, Xenich. You have something really good. Me? I'm already lost...