what i tell people about alcohol is this, it is empty cals. meaning it doesnt do shit for your body. take a chocolate cake or some junk food. yes it is junk but it does have things in it that your body can use. alcohol on the other hand really doesnt do dick. so i would rather have someone eating the occasional cake opposed to drinking. the cal trade off is huge. if i were going to drink i would opt for the new low cal drinks they have out now but then again i am not a fan of drinking. i think of it as every time you drink it is like taking 2 steps forward and then drinking and going 3 or 4 steps back. myself i am a fat kid at heart and sweets are my weakness. booze kills my performance so i have opted not to hit any cocktails for shit probably 15 years. this year i broke open a 30 year old bottle of johnny after i competed and had two shots and that was it. that was the first drink literally in 15 years and it will probably be another 15 before i do it again.