Yep, done it a lot before, realized that I was walking the path to become an alcoholic and got my act together, even if it just was for a while, as I still drink occasionally for personal reasons. I still see drinking my sorrows away as something weak to do though. =/ Guess I'm just a weak person...
Oh, and I rarely drink at social events because of this. If I do drink at a party or something I always make sure that it's not something strong, and stop early. I like to be in full control of my own actions if there's people around. (Though this has failed once or twice, and thus reinforced my feeling of needing to do this later on)