I'm going to give you a practical reason to stay sober Ach;
You won't cut it in a PhD drinking. Believe me.
It's a very different animal to an MA program.
You can get by with less than your best in an MA at times,
but PhD is more or less a "proving ground" for future peers.
I think this is pretty much true across fields--
You need your wits about you so you can really shine that first year.
Never missing deadlines, never being late or absent, being fully prepared each class,
engaging deeply in content, outside reading of peer-reviewed journals are all part
of the game inside and outside classes.
Not to mention excellence in your own teaching if that's how your funding yourself.
After all, you are training to be a professor in most cases.
Expectations will be higher all around.
You don't have time to drink my friend. Trust me
