I'm going on vacation with my wife soon, and I would love to relax with an alcoholic beverage in the local drinking spots.
anything else gonna be happening during that vacation besides drinking? relax at the beach, relax at the pool, relax in the big puffy bed with the nice fluffy pillows? any sights to see? ocean to snorkel? fish to catch? trails to hike?
abstinence doesn't teach us how to moderate. we abstain from alcohol because we can not control what happens once we start. there is no such as thing as one nice cocktail at one meal on vacation.
don't pack the beast in your luggage.