Dialog that has a character in an altered state can be very effective if it isn't overdone. You can easily get across someone being drunk by using very small indications, like, "Tha's right, honey." or "Shorry" for "sorry." Having them stumble over a chair or their own feet also gets the idea across without butchering the dialog. Make it subtle, and the idea will easily come across without making for hard reading.
Drunken Dialogue
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Thanks for the replies. This helps. I've got several reasons for getting this character drunk in the first place, including forcing him to say what's really on his mind so the story can get moving. He gets drunk because he's the victim of a mean-spirited trick rather than by choice. Given his nature, he'd try to keep complete control over his actions even though his actions might not make sense to anyone else. I like the idea of him still speaking clearly but using so much effort to enunciate that his speech slows and he loses track of what he was going to say, or so focused on performing an action like putting a key in a door perfectly that he falls over.
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