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When I’m drunk, either:
It's both. Your inhibitions are lower so you speak more naturally and use more words without consideration of correctness which, if you think about it, is fine generally. Native speakers of a language are amazingly good at deduction of what a non native speaker is intending. You also don't pay attention to your mistakes, which makes the conversation flow easier for everyone.
For me, it's also a matter speaking louder - I have a (normal, I think) tendency to say things I'm unsure of quieter, so sometimes I've mumbled something that was correct (or correct enough) causing the very communication problems I was worried about.