I would drink from 5:30pm till 10p-11p-12/midnight or when I passed out. My thoughts were that I owed it to myself. I work hard all day at the office, get dinner on the table for the kids/family, complete house work while chugging beers, put kids to bed and continued till sufficiently soused. I'm glad those days are over. I never would drink during the day. I think it's called a functional alcoholic. Whatever! I am so happy those days are over.