2 is good. I think after age ~25 it doesn’t really make sense to get “fucking hammered bro” or even “just buzzed”. Lately I’ve been not drinking at all at parties and it’s been going fine. What are people so afraid of?

Time is too precious to be spent in places you don't want to be with people you don't like. I just can't fathom spending hours at an event like that. If I can't skip it, I'll make a loud entrance, have one drink while making the rounds to say hi to everyone, then quietly leave unnoticed. If that makes me a dick, I'm…

I’m Irish and I’m from Chicago, which means I can basically drink 12 beers and still be relatively sober. Wine and cocktails, though, two to three max. But the older I get, the more easily I’m hungover. And I got NO patience for a hangover. I got stuff to do!

Drink etiquette varies WIDELY based on your company and industry. When I was a woman working in financial services, the fact that I could hold my liquor was hugely helpful - I was able to be “one of the guys” and network in ways that wouldn’t be possible with just one drink. At my current company there’s a C-level…

Don’t count other people’s drinks.