Green’s Dictionary of Slang

battered adj.

drunk.

1851		Kalida Venture (OH) 11 Apr. 2/4: Drunk [...] battered.
a.1856		Burlington Sentinel in Hall (1856) 461: We give a list of a few of the various words and phrases which have been in use, at one time or another, to signify some stage of inebriation: [...] battered.
1902		P.L. Dunbar Jest Of Fate (1903) 211: He did not return to her for three days. Then he was battered, unkempt, and thick of speech.
2004		B. Parris Making of a Legionnaire 111: I was absolutely battered with the drink .