The status game by Will Store, non fiction, heard about it on Sam Harris pod cast. Once I'd read it I started seeing status games everywhere. Alcohol explained

The status game by Will Store, non fiction, heard about it on Sam Harris pod cast. Once I'd read it I started seeing status games everywhere. Alcohol explained, this changed my mind on booze. Basic theory is that it gives you a mild high followed by anxiety that is relieved by having another drink. This plus the Huberman podcast episode on alcohol have resulted in me going from always boozing on weekends and finding it a struggle not to, to not having drunk in nearly 3 months. Edit, honestly I've read other give you alcohol books and they don't even come close. This one just clicked. It has a sequel too.