I never drank a lot when i was young. Somewhere around my 23rd i started drinking weekly in a pub on Fridays with colleagues and then probably some on a Saturday. I never ever drank alone though.

After drinking so much i had issues recollecting memories about when and how i left the pub and still got home i decided that i would go for no more than 3 beers (or 1 liter) max for the evening. That seemed to work pretty well for me but soon i noticed i really could no longer socialize with colleagues anymore because i was not on the same intoxicated level any longer so i stopped going to the pub.

I really felt sorry for my colleagues because i noticed the pattern where they absolutely had to drink themselves to shit to escape something. I couldn't even tell if it was actually work or something else. 2 of them developed nasty addictions and after years had to completely stop drinking by help from several psychiatrists that basically all told them the same.

I still drink anywhere between 0 to maybe 5 beers a year and no more than 1 per occasion. It never has super bad influence on my next day but i just find alcohol an annoying and boring drug.