I struggle to cut it out even when I know I should. I echo BAN's experience of watching the ugly leech out of people when drunk and this is why I never drink in the company of my gf's family. There's a darkness in some of them that should never see the light of day in front of kids at least. I have also watched alcohol destroy my uncle who to this day is still an alcoholic even though he rarely has opportunity for alcohol nowadays living in a care home. I am usually a very happy drunk but have had a couple of moments were I wind up darker than usual but thankfully I seem to have outgrown them.
Five years ago I was much healthier than I am now and there's no getting away from the fact that alcohol and diet haven't been smart in terms of choices. The other thing I notice increasingly is how expensive it fucking is, often an extra £15-£20 a week on the food bill.
In other news my rapidly deteriorating relationship with my employers took on another twist today after they announced new "guidelines" on travel. Basically "spend less" and book cheap tickets to help the company stay on track with it's business plan. In other words the tens of millions of pounds worth of profit the owners made last year wasn't enough so the quality of travel for the troops on the ground can go to shit! Fucking Capitalist, greedy wankers! My appraisal on Friday is going to be fucking tetchy I tell you.