I rarely drink at all anymore. Like you, Ingenua, I am just over the whole bar scene, etc. I think I've had one drink this year-and that's when my mom was visiting (LOL, believe me, I needed a lot of drinks at that time). I took her to a great Mexican restaurant and suggested that she have a real margarita-with Patron tequila. She liked it, and it relaxed her enough to stop being a control freak-for a few hours, anyway. LOL
I used to drink a lot back in the day-and I'll admit that I rarely drank because I liked the taste. When I used to drink, I drank to get drunk. I don't classify myself as an alcoholic, because that was never my "drug of choice." But, since I am a recovering addict, I am very aware of the amount of alcohol (if any) I drink.
OK, LOL, I SO didn't mean to hijack your thread and give a testimony about the perils of drinking. I think with the amount of meds I am on, it would be incredibly stupid (and possibly deadly) for me to drink more than a few times a year. I really haven't heard about people with fibro having a lower tolerance than people without it, but with the meds some of us take, it makes sense.
Alrighty, I hope that I've made some sort of sense. I'm a little foggy today, so please forgive me if I don't have all the answers.