Do you actually want a couple of drinks socially? Really and truly? I know I don’t. I want eight drinks and no consequences.
You very likely could have a couple and go home. But it’s like touching a mosquito bite on your leg. Once you do that - the itch flares up until it’s murdwr trying to keep yourself from just digging into it and scratching until the skin almost falls off. If you’re like me, that successful night of having a couple will leave you 1) over confident and 2) vaguely dissatisfied until you scratch your alcoholic itch. And then it can be so much harder to stop again.