[ckelly78z]

I will end up drinking a few beers if good friends are present, and I feel relaxed, with no other plans. I truly don't know why some of my friends have to sneak a nip before going to work, or slip a spiked drink into a high school football game. These same friends also have a breast pocket flask with thier favorite gentlmen jack. I find if I am thirsty, nothing beats ice water for me on a hot day, I have beer in the fridge (cold), and it just never occurs to me to pull one out when I am alone, but I will drink 1-2 with a good dinner maybe twice a week.

For me, a couple beers is a mood lifter after a long, stressful week at work, and is much more of a social function, than a need.

I have always been of the opinion that I am a strong willed bastard who just says no to anything that might be addictive. When you NEED that drink, and think about it all day long, you may have an addictive personality, that doesn't allow you to refuse.