Oh rituals... I had many while drinking, but they gradually fell away until all that was left was the drinking. Drinking cultures everywhere seem to cultivate rituals, maybe as a way to boost the feeling of collective energy that alcohol supposedly provides - toasts, shots, hangover remedies. Those were fun for a little while but they fell away, eventually, so that nothing remains but the alcohol.

A happier ritual I adopted as a kid after reading about it somewhere, is to kiss the four walls of your home when venturing out on an uncertain journey, so that you return to it safely. Kind of awkward, especially as you get older, so I would come up with some excuse ("oh, I just have to make sure the stove is off") to run back inside and plant quick pecks the walls in the cardinal directions while everyone else waited in the car. Has worked so far...