Nice post LBW. I too find running a good distraction to drinking. Although I don't keep a running/drinking log(calendar), I keep a mental note within me if I'm having a good week (logging in the miles and not drinking) or bad week (vice versa). There was a time when I can run and drink daily, but these days, the two do not go together. Running promotes a healthy lifestyle. Drinking does not. After a few days of heavy drinking, I almost always lose my desire to run the following days. Only after I'm able to make a make a pledge to myself to get it together and stop drinking for a day, the desire to return to a healthy lifestyle returns.
Since I tend to be an evening drinker, after work runs provides a good distraction from drinking during the weekdays. The endorphins released from running as well as the need to cook dinner after running pretty much quells my desire to drink that evening. My biggest problem is the weekends when I run during the morning.