I drank exactly the right quantity to make me addicted to alcohol. After I was addicted I drank whatever my addiction desired. I wan't concerned with quantities it was the quality of the buzz I was after. Singles became doubles, beer became super strength, wine had to be a minimum of 14 percent. A couple of drinks once or twice a week became solid drinking every day.
I am not sure if there was a level of consumption at which I should have become concerned, I just moved on up the ladder until I reached the point at which I decided enough was enough.
Michael