Originally Posted by
ThatWasTheOldMe 
When you drink, internally your body goes into kind of a fight or flight mode to process the alcohol. So you don't absorb nutrients from anything you eat. Especially if you drink alcoholically.
It's a bad substance for your health and well-being.
Alcohol is also calorie intensive - so you don't get all that hungry if you're binge drinking.
For 22 years I was a maintenance drinker..I drank everyday when I was younger and while raising 2 children and working full time...and I ate 2 meals a day...and drank 8-10 beers a night....for 22 years...then I stopped for 8 years.
Then I picked up again 6 years ago and THIS TIME I go on "benders"..not really "binge" drinking...binge drinking is something people do in one sitting to get drunk as fast as they can...literally like drinking 4-5 drinks down and raising the blood alcohol really quickly.
I went on "benders"...for days...drank slowly, nursed my beers or wine or vodka...and food was never an issue...Like you said I was getting my calories.