I thank you guys for all your responses. Leed, that is great that you can say that your life has greatly improved since you stopped drinking. I can relate to that about being able to do more things when you don't drink. When I drink, I usually lose the next day for something productive and that is not good. However, I know a lot of young people do this.
Splitimage, I haven't really heard of harm reduction but it sounds interesting. The only thing is I am not the type to have one beer or one glass of wine. I usually want to get the buzz. That being said, I don't usually lose total control; I just stay in the buzz mode as I drink very slowly.
I want to decrease the amount of times I drink/get drunk/buzzed because I know that I could do more with my life if I did that and it would be better for my health. I never really had a party life when I was young, and I would like to be able to do that like most everyone else can.

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