Charlie Sheen was discovered at the Plaza Hotel this morning naked, drunk, and in a trashed hotel suite with a "damaged" chandelier. (Swinging from the ceiling?) Hospitalized with ex-wife Denise Richards by his side, Charlie said he'd been "out partying."

Lillian McEwen, the book-touting former girlfriend (as in, way former) of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, previously said he was addicted to porn. On tonight's Larry King Live, another revelation: apparently, quitting alcohol made Thomas go absolutely cray-cray! Video inside.

For anyone who wants to have a few drinks without getting too messed up, beer is always a good choice. But the calories! And the beer belly! Fret no more. Here are the healthiest brews. The winner will surprise you.

Everything bad is good for you: It turns out that getting drunk really quickly makes you less likely to become an alcoholic. Sadly, boozehounds, you can't just pound a bunch of drinks; you need special inebriation genes to avoid addiction.

"A lot of people talk about the romantic sound of pulling a cork," says wine-on-tap purveyor Hardy Wallace, as he shows NPR his bottle-free wine. The thought of "tasting" from a tap is just, dear lord, horrifying. But it's eco-friendly!

Are you familiar with the patriotic new trend of carrying your favorite gun to your local bar? Four states now have laws that explicitly allow people to carry loaded firearms in establishments that serve alcohol. Can you guess which ones?

A 29-year-old in Teeside, England downed a pint glass full of vodka while drinking with friends. Shortly thereafter, he was found not breathing in a pool of his own blood and later died.

Tailgate parties bring out the best in drunk people, but they're not always recorded. Luckily, we do have video of last weekend's LSU vs. WVU celebration, during which a masked drunk man danced suggestively to Rihanna's "Rude Boy." Watch inside.

Have you ever wanted to extract all human interaction from your drinking sessions? Me too. Luckily, spirited engineers are locked in an arms race to create the world's best mechanical booze-jockey. Choose your new robotic enabler inside.

On yesterday's Late Night, Jimmy Fallon welcomed MSNBC anchor—and amateur mixologist—Rachel Maddow for an interview. Afterward, Fallon and Maddow crafted a New Orleans-style "morning drink" made of absinthe, bitters, and more. Inside, video of their alcoholic creation.

You have probably been thinking to yourself lately: "What are the best practices for selling Jell-O shots to drunk young men at bars?" What a coincidence! Because The Wall Street Journal can tell you exactly that.

Eben Freeman has had it with the injustice done to bartenders. "Someone needs to get sued," the "molecular mixologist" tells The Atlantic. Cocktails used to be intoxicating fun, but now they could land you in legal trouble.

People who drink heavily have lower mortality rates than those who don't drink at all, according to a new study. Why? Could be because they're way more fun at parties. No, really! Science says so!

Drinking is great! Drinking is fun! And YouTube is full of dudes just chilling and doing ridiculous things while intoxicated. Still, there's a difference between being drunk and being drunk. Here are ten of the drunkest guys ever videotaped.

Drunk people do stupid things. And they're so creative with their stupidity! Like in this video, which shows a bunch of drunk girls riding in a shopping cart/faceplanting on the street. The best part? The narrator's quote at the end.

At yesterday's Rays-Rangers baseball game, one fella drank too much and decided to take a short nap in the stands. Another fan promptly filmed this as the Rays' mascot, Raymond, woke the drunkard up with a barrage of silly string.

Dutch cities are trying to crack down on "drug tourism." Russia is banning its own citizens from buying booze. Meanwhile, doctors want to give acid and mushrooms to depressed people. Is everything getting a little too wacky?

The beauty of cell phones is that someone can use one to record people doing stupid things and then share it with the world, like this video of two drunk guys tried to set up a tent at a festival.

Today we looked at how airports are gonna get a whole lot drunker. We used a particularly evocative picture to illustrate the post, causing one commenter to wax poetic, a melancholy, drunken elegy.

Have you flown lately? You don't remember, do you? You were too drunk. That's not just a troubling sign of your creeping alcoholism; it's also a business plan for the entire airline industry!