About 10 years ago I stopped drinking for a year and a half. I wasn't trying to stop for good but I was in the worst physical shape I had ever been in and so I went on a big health kick. I intended to drink one day but I wasn't sure when.
The first few times I drank, I only drank a little bit but felt the effects of the booze really fast. it also made me sort of sick and woozy so I drank very little in my first 6 months. But, one night I had some old friends come into town and we hit the bar like old times and I ended up drinking the entire night and into the next day like I had never missed a beat