As long as you don't drool down your pipe you should be jsut fine, I've seen 10+ year vets of smoking drool all over themselves and it's perfectly normal.

Just don't puke on yourself from taking too big of a hit and coughing too hard. I've done that before, but I was alone and outside in windy conditions so I wasn't too concerned about embarrassment or anything, it's just uncomfortable and kinda nasty.