I drank beer. Usually 6 or 7 during the work week, at night, and how ever many I wanted on weekends. It started "socially at the bar" and turned into drinking at home alone. This happened in about the space of 4 years. Catch it early. I'm 27 and have been sober almost a year. Life without alcohol is amazing. I don't need it. If you didn't think it was an issue, somewhere deep down, you would not have posted this here. Just try not drinking AT ALL for one week. Not a drop for one week. If you can go one week and not be miserable without it, then it's probably ok. Try it more than once. It might be worse a bad case of jitters if you get some knowledge about your drinking.