I've stopped drinking as much as I used to...beer brewing is my hobby. I have a 40 litre brewery (which is about 4 cartons of beer) and a two tap kegorator (fridge with beer taps). So moving from brewing to growing, drinking to smoking...and have to say, life is better not drinking so much. I still drink some red wine with a meal etc, but now to numb myself from this hideous world I use a substance that is no where near as damaging to me...
I love waking up in the morning and not feeling like shit and I like being able to still function when fucked up, whereas even after one drink, there is a noticeable decrease in the quality of whatever work I do, whether it is mixing records, cooking, driving etc etc. To think of it now, I mix so much better on weed.
Cheers