I think under the "right" circumstances, I could become a "responsible" drinker.
However, that would mean a total guarantee that there would be NO surprises -- no debt, no illness, no marital arguments, no physical ailments, no injuries, and MOST certainly, NO BAD DAYS! (and don't forget, NO taxes and NO death!)
Hey, wait a minute. When I was in my 20's, SOME of those things were a rarity in my life. I'm 63 now.... need I say more?
I used to have a neighbor who was a mechanic, and he used to use GASOLINE to clean his engine. WTF? He also used to use a trickle of gasoline to track a few hundred feet to a big beachball filled with acetylene gas set upon an empty paper bag. He'd light a match to that (or use a lit sparkler, if he had one in his hand), and BOOM! Yes, the 4th of July in our neighborhood was FUN!
What's the analogy? Well, most years the gasoline did not run the wrong direction and set of an explosion that burned his eyebrows off.
Most years....