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A close family member faced the same issue when moved to UK for work. Being an athlete since the childhood (== not having a strong skill to handle alcohol + saving all time for training), he tried to avoid as much as he could - to the point where his manager made a "friendly remark" about how he should participate.

I think he now more or less secretly switches to juice after first couple of glasses (and I guess counts minutes till the end).