Originally Posted by
whiskeyman 
just today i wrote someone saying, if they had told me two years ago that it would just creep up on you and before you know it you'll be drinking everyday, i wouldnt believe them.
Exactly.
People used to laugh at me saying it was 'weird' that I drank alone and I shrugged it off wondering what they were talking about (this was the 'pre-problem', or rather 'start-of-problem' days).
Nothing felt so comfortable and so pleasurable.
Fast-forward 17 years and there were no people teasing me, because there were no people in my life, and I wouldn't have told anyone for love nor money in case they stopped me.
As Dee says, the drinking alone thing can be highly seductive in and of itself. And I also attest to the fact that this thing is sneakily, subtly and relentlessly progressive.
If you are worried, there's only way to be totally safe.
Good luck,
BB