first you start with a drink every week, then every day, then every hour,... Unless you don't. I've had a glass of wine with dinner several nights a week for t

first you start with a drink every week, then every day, then every hour,... Unless you don't. I've had a glass of wine with dinner several nights a week for the past 20 years, and I haven't progressed to drinking during the day. People use alcohol as a form of self-medication when they have other problems. If you don't have the other problems then limited regular alcohol consumption is probably fine (I'm not a doctor so I can't say it actually is.)