Originally Posted by
SkiStop 
Maybe "lucky" wasn't a good word.
I'm just trying to understand why a lot of my friends can go out and have a fun night of drinking, but not end up drinking regularly. Not ending up being "alkie."
Honestly, Ski, I think you haven't known them long enough or well enough...I used to appear to be like that, 20 years ago. Sometime around 10 years ago, things changed drastically, and anyone caring to look would've said, "Whoa, she's got a problem." So, had you been observing me 20 years ago, if I had a crystal ball, I would've said, "Stick around for the really ugly stuff..."
It can take years and years and years for the disease to progress to a point where it's not the best kept secret anymore. I can say that no one that I consider to be a normal drinker gets totally wasted regularly. They don't want to. As for me, I could never ever see the
point in having just 1 or 2. Still don't, actually...