Drunkenness is a condition of having mental and physical faculties affected by excessive drinking. It is intoxication caused by strong chemical drinks. The Bible warns that the drunkard will be poor:
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty... (Proverbs 23:21)
You are not to live a drunken lifestyle:
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. (Romans 13:13)
You are not even to keep company with those who are drunkards:
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one go not to eat. (I Corinthians 5:11)
The Bible warns that drunkards will not inherit the Kingdom of God:
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither...drunkards...shall inherit the kingdom of God. (I Corinthians 6:9-10)
You may have been a drunkard in times past, but as a believer you are no longer to do this:
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries...(I Peter 4:2-3)
The Bible contrasts being drunk with wine and being filled with the Spirit:
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit. (Ephesians 5:18)
In the natural world, a drunkard...
1. Is consumed with desire for drink. 2. Yields control of his emotional, and physical faculties to drink. 3. Has his speech affected by the drink. 4. Is free from inhibitions. He has no fear and often has great strength. 5. Is joyful while under the influence of intoxicants.