I already am not about "getting retarded/fucked up". I just like to relax and have a few with some friends or even family. I just want to be able to go buy a bottle of something to have around or get a few beers when I'm having a stressful day. It would be pretty damn annoying to have friends that just want to blackout all the time and I'm really not into the party scene.
Well, then you fell into the right crowd early because my friends just want to get retarted. I use to be like that when i first entered college, but learned quickly that shit can really hit the fan when you are really messed up. I still drink with my friends, but im alot more cautious to my surroundings and how much i have been consumming. In reguards to drinking with family memebers, i think thats awesome. I drink with my family and its all very casual. Actually, i like drinking with them better sometimes then with friends because there is no pressures being pushed onto you.