Once a month I may have a beer if I've had a tough day in the garden to go with a meal. Otherwise I have to drink what's left out for Santa or have an extremely alcoholic cocktail to greet the New Year in (and why not?) but otherwise I don't drink. I could quite easily not drink, but I enjoy it occasionally and can stop at one or two. From what I remember I'm not a pretty drunk and it makes me depressed verging on the suicidal if I overindulge so that's a good reason for not doing so.