Ethanol is a deadly poison...the reason it doesn't kill most of us is that the liver converts it to a less deadly substance...alcohol also impairs the absorption of nutrients and vitamins and minerals the very thing you need in abundance for the level of physical training that you do...did you regress physically...unquestionably...so if the training becomes more important then trying to drink normally than these problems will cease to exist...sounds like maybe more meetings and less training might be in order...dr dave