Problem: You are sufficiently “into your cups” as to attempt to walk into a party backwards.

Solution: Whatever you do, do not confess to inebriation. This will encourage your hostess to monitor your drinking. Instead, inform her that you are merely toying with the Jungian concept that the future is a reservoir of hope, the present a jail of madness, and the past a closet of fear, and are therefore attempting to constantly face your fears so as to become a better person. If she sneers at your explanation, you may prove Jung correct by demonstrating just how mad the jail of the present can be.