[Stronico]

One thing to consider is that alcohol use is progressive - and while you drink a significant amount now - what if you doubled it in five years (as often happens) - would you still have it under control and not negatively affecting others? Addiction = (exposure * time) * genetics.

[matwood]

Interesting. My alcohol use has been becoming less and less as I get older. I love a nice wine or good beer, but my nights of going out partying are way behind me.

[sharkweek]

I'm the same -- at the ripe age of 28, I had two nice beers with dinner the other night and woke up with a headache.

I can barely handle it anymore; which is arguably a good thing. I still enjoy a good beer, but other than that, have basically lost the taste for all other alcohol.

[lostlogin]

It took me a worryingly long time to work out that 1 cider per night over a week or 2 of summer was why I felt terrible the day after. I suspect this has more to do with the stupidly high sugar content.

[XorNot]

I've found my tastes for scotch are directly correlated to how I'm feeling about life at the moment. Like, it's amazing: generally worried about work, scotch tastes great. Feeling upbeat and thinking of future projects? I get frustrated that there isn't more available in the "uppers" category for consciousness adjustment.