I can relate. Trust me. I have been a heavy drinker since I was 16. In my later years, not when I was a complete mess and an insanely out of control drunk, I didn't see a problem with getting drunk every night before bed. Obviously the drinking is a coping method. While no problems may have occurred as a direct result of drinking, the drinking is masking the real issue. I'm sure you already know this. So being a drunk without a problem? Nah. There's a problem somewhere in that equation. Whether its the actions that occur during inebriation or from it, or the underlying issue behind the need to drink so much so often.