A friend of mine says her tongue gets numb when she's drunk, so maybe ......
It sounds like you were on the verge of alcohol poisoning - 8 shots is probably about 7 too many!
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.