I find one of the hardest things is peer pressure with the bevvy.
A lot of my pals drink as their main pastime at the weekend. I think they'd all quite happily do something else, eg. go karting or hill walking but at the moment everything they do is about going into town after etc....
I've hit the age now where I'm married and trying to kick on at work, being out on a Saturday at 3am makes you question why you bother drinking at all.