YellowBirdy,
Speaking as a PhD (phormer drunk) here, I can tell you unequivocally and without a shadow of a doubt that all those reasons that he gave you for getting bombed are nonsense excuses. Addiction is essentially a regression into a feral, animal state, where if it feels good, do it. The only thing that might snap an addicted person out of that trance are intolerable losses, or the threat of intolerable losses via an ultimatum (ie, "Quit or I walk").
Take care.