Me n all.
When I was at my worst, over 2 years ago while living in a place I didn't like (Lop Buri), with no friends, working at a school I didn't like, I convinced myself it was totally 100% normal to be sneaking out of school on lunch or between classes, buying a beer, then driving out into the countryside to chug it.
Made excuses like needing a hair of the dog to make the hangover from the previous night easier, that I was going to taper it off completely any day now. And suchlike.