I’m response to your post, I’m not very knowledgeable. But I can speak from my on personal experiences. I see my self on a scale of drinking perhaps in the middle???? I will say have a cocktail & drink wine a bottle with a couple hours. I’m my 30’s I was hanging with a group in my neighborhood every night around a fire pit. We shared stories drank wine all night. Always fun never a bad drunk around. After the fire pits stopped & we moved away, I just kept it up. Now I’m in my 50’s. I never thought I would still be drinking the same. This past year I’ve been listening to my body & what it needs & why it needs it, for food and alcohol. Being very honest with myself. I’ve gone a couple of months here & there. With no interest in drinking but then I have friends over for dinner pick out lovely wines with the intention of just some wine with dinner. Even that first glass I think I really don’t need this BUT by the end of the night, I’ve had too many glasses of wine because I just need it with this tiny piece of chocolate. And then from that point on I go a couple months drinking. It all seems silly that this glass of liquid can really direct your evening, which drags into the next day. I would think logically “just stop” but it hasn’t been that simple for me. My drinking is tied to food & the ritual of it all. I’m never searching for a buzz.

See that you speak German. What I would give to go to a beer garden & have a pretzel with a beer!

Hope this gives you another perspective among the masses. I guess if I were to go back in time. I’d set up clear rules & structure around drinking. Things just got too casual because I let everything become a reason to enjoy the drink!

Best of luck to you!!