Before you know it, and without making a conscious decision for it to be this way, drinking has become a normal part of your social life. You wouldn’t dream of holding a party or going to a disco without drinking. Unless, of course, you were driving. But have you noticed how, just as you tend to favour stronger and stronger drinks, and the volume you take tends to increase, so you tend to drink at a greater variety of social occasions? Of course, it’s never we ourselves who are responsible for the progression.