This is an interesting question...

I really don't drink that much at all, maybe bi-weekly at this point, and it's pretty rare that I get sloppy drunk these days. I'm about to go buy some beer or whiskey tonight because the Canucks are playing, but otherwise I wouldn't be imbibing.

Nonetheless, I do drink too much (though rarely alone, it's usually me and my girlfriend) and I think it's a combination of a couple of things: boredom and dissatisfaction with my current life/career (though that is going to change for the better very soon). I look forward to Friday's when I can have a few drinks, relax (something that I often have difficulty doing), and just have a bit of irresponsible fun.

I used a lot of brackets there...