You're 23 and a lot of 23 year olds like to drink. It was that way when I was 23 and it will probably be like that as long as alcohol is something people drink

You're 23 and a lot of 23 year olds like to drink. It was that way when I was 23 and it will probably be like that as long as alcohol is something people drink. It's fine in moderation a couple of times a week. Most people aren't sitting around in a dark room drinking quietly, they're somewhere chatting, playing a game or just enjoying a night out someplace with other young people. You can do still do that, just reduce or eliminate the alcohol and don't make a big deal out of it. As you get a little bit older you'll see alcohol consumption in your social circles will naturally wind down to something more reasonable as people start to accumulate more responsibility and hangovers seem to do a bit more damage than they used to. But honestly, unless alcohol is severely affecting your life, I wouldn't worry about it. I hardly drink now in my 30s but in my 20s I'll admit I had to call into a work a handful of times over the years because I had over-imbibed on a weeknight.