If I have alcohol in the house, I eventually will drink it. Even if it is only a small amount (half a bottle of wine left by a friend), I will drink one glass of wine one night, and another glass of wine the next night. And then w/i in few days, I will buy some more--and the pattern of drinking each night repeats itself. Kind of an exhausting process really. For me it really is easier to not have it around to begin with.