According to Osho, people fear and object to drinking with drunkards because their ecstatic, uncontrollable energy threatens our dependence on crowds, tradition, and self-control. The intoxicated saint exposes our insecurity: to join their celebration we must drop control and stand alone. Fear hides in groups; ecstasy dissolves them. Hence society resists the drunkard’s freedom and condemns his company.
We avoid drinking with drunks because their joyful wildness makes us let go of control and crowd-comfort, and that scares us.