baywasp, just mentioning from my own experience and hopefully it may help, i have a bottle of beer or something similar or a glass of wine with a meal or before and i get sleepy. having gotten older i actually plop down on my bed and wake a few hours later. on occasion and when what i believe is my own perception of peer pressure i’ve drunk ridiculous amonts and gotten myself extremely sick. one time i could have died. one time someone might have killed me. i allowed myself to drink without restraint and hardly realizing what i was doing. i have not done that in years but i do still consider that i have the potential. i always have to be on guard. in that respect it is good that i have no friends. i’m less likely to be in that sort of a situation. i also have to consider that my father was an undiagnosed alcoholic who drove under the influence and kept his drinks cold in the freezer so they’d be ready whenever. but mostly i’m a one drink and fall asleep kind of person. my point is you know what you do. you know what you might do. you have to watch out all the time. for me, i never considered not drinking because i drink aesthetically. like i love porter and stout and particular lighter beers. i love certain kinds of wine. so i’d be sad if i stopped. since i usually fall asleep quickly, i think i’m ok. i am aware enough now to not allow myslef to get into the situation i got into where someone now hates me enough to kill me, or kill me with her eyes. iykwim. so if you can guide yourself similarly, maybe you can be safe. just expressing my own experience. i hope it is in some way enlightening.