What does "sballati" mean?

Question

In conversation with Italian (specifically Sicilian) friends, a word has come up which we are struggling to reach a shared understanding of.The Italian word is *"sballati"* and, when fed through Google Translate, it comes back as "How High" which is confusing to me as a mainly English speaker.They say it is used when someone drinks, gambles, takes drugs, etc. to excess, so to me it seems to mean something like *vice*; but maybe someone can translate into English to clarify its meaning so that I do not use it inappropriately?

Answer 1

Typically in the States we say wasted, baked, drunk, messed up, etc. Any word that describes the altered states that drugs or alcohol put you in. In quel caso sei sballato!