i like to have wine on a Friday or sometimes an iced glass of whisky in a hot bath, i like it as something to signal the weekend is here. pour a glass and relax to play video games or watch a movie.

never beer a beer lover really, just get bloated and it's not an effective way to get buzzed imo.

in my 20s i would be drinking and partying on fridays and Saturdays, out all night meeting women, and I loved it, never affected me at all. obvs wouldn't be doing that at almost 40 as it would kill my older body.

a lot of people use drink as an escape though to escape stress or fix some other issue, that's when it usually becomes a problem, i think.