hey cupid, as a recovery board we won't be handing out a lot of advice on how to moderate or control your drinking. we are the result of what happens when we tried!!!
however if you are not an alcoholic or addict, then managing your consumption shouldn't be a real problem. for many it's not THAT they drink, it's what happens when they DO drink. for many it is the inability to stop drinking after the first one. or when threatened with job loss, wife loss, children loss, home loss, personal freedom loss to keep on drinking anyways.
if you're a cokehead, you KNOW it.....that insatiable desire for more. first thought when you get up, last thought at night.
i encourage to consider that drinking is a choice you make, not something the mates make you do. and that just because someone invites you somewhere, you CAN say no. it's not like these guys meet once a year right?
i hope you find some answers here. good luck.