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A word of warning. If you drink to get drunk, you are a step away from becoming an alcoholic, and your foot is on the way down. You can catch yourself at this point and pull back to having a drink or two, or you can fall off the fence and become a full-blown alcoholic. If you can't have one drink without another, and another, and another, following the first, you're not on any line, you're an alcoholic. You've become psychologically if not chemically dependant on alcohol, and you need to pull yourself back before you're too far gone to recover.
A really basic, oversimplified way to classify drinking habits:
Social drinker - has a drink or two at parties, family events, etc. Doesn't have a problem stopping after one or two drinks if they have to drive. Enjoys drinking, but rarely gets drunk, and that probably isn't intentional.
Danger zone - Drinks regularly, even if only on weekends, and drinks to get drunk almost every time. Cannot stay here long, will eventually fall to one side of the fence or the other.
Alcoholic - Chemically dependant on alcohol, must drink frequently to avoid withdrawal symptoms.
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