For a few years in college, I drank a LOT, and I often had the desire to get drunk, because I wanted to just drown out any discomfort I had in the scene I was in, and for those years I really just wanted to annihilate my high-school self and just see what all of the sensory/partying/music/drinks stuff was all about, and *turn off my brain*, as I had some self-disgust at that time, based on my being a total loner with a lot of anxiety and 100% introversion in high school, and my pretty much wanting to go about everything oppositely, intentionally, by the time I was in college, in a new place where no one knew me. I have to say, I had a decent amount of fun in those years; however, I also know that I was completely 'experimenting' and it wasn't really my scene, or who I was (however I have to say, to this day I still LOVE dancing). I wanted to experience different aspects of life; it had many positives, and I think I grew a lot; however it also had the obvious negatives of my getting drunk a lot and getting sick a number of times, and my putting many core aspects of myself on the back burner.
These days, I enjoy a drink with a meal, or a couple of drinks if it's happy hour or I'm at a wine bar, or something, but I am starting to have a strong dislike for any of the physical sensations of having too much, so I'm careful to have a lot of water along with any drinks.