Talmud for Nazir 2:3

מָזְגוּ לוֹ אֶת הַכּוֹס, וְאָמַר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר מִמֶּנוּ, הֲרֵי זֶה נָזִיר. מַעֲשֶׂה בְאִשָּׁה אַחַת שֶׁהָיְתָה שִׁכּוֹרָה וּמָזְגוּ לָהּ אֶת הַכּוֹס, וְאָמְרָה הֲרֵינִי נְזִירָה מִמֶּנּוּ, אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים, לֹא נִתְכַּוְּנָה אֶלָּא לוֹמַר הֲרֵי הוּא עָלַי קָרְבָּן:

If they poured the (wine) cup for him, and he said: "I shall be a Nazirite from it," he becomes a Nazirite. It once happened that a certain inebriated woman was poured a cup and said: "I shall be a Nazirite from it," at which the sages said: "She intended only to say: 'It is (forbidden) to me (as) an offering.'" [Our Mishnah is "lacking," and this is what is meant: If he were inebriated and said: "I shall be a Nazirite from it," he does not become a Nazirite, his intent having been only to forbid to himself that cup alone. And so that he not be brought another cup, he said: "I shall become a Nazirite." And it once happened that a certain inebriated women, etc.]

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