I had a drinking phase when I was sent to the UK at 18 years old for my first USAF assignment. I outgrew it, but did pick up one good lesson - if I'm going to drink it is not going to be cheap swill.

I have 12-14 beers a year, alternating between Guinness and a Cherry Lambic. One each on Saturdays when I watch my one vice I have left - a certain college football team. I gave up watching NFL during the kneeling, and MLB once Cal Ripken and Nolan Ryan retired. Never liked basketball or hockey. I used to have college football season tickets for 10 years, and that was my daddy/daughter bonding time while she was growing up.

I remember one time Chik-Fil-A sponsored a game and put free chicken sandwich coupons on every seat. She was about 11 or 12yo and collected 30-40 coupons from the floor after the game so I could grab lunch at work. I gave them away after eating like 20 - it got old after a few weeks but it was nice of her.

Now I just watch those games from my recliner with one of my beers. I still have one of the lambics in my fridge from last year.

Side note - my daughter and someone whom I expect will be her fiance are coming out to TX this fall to visit and take me to a game, and we are sitting where our tickets used to be. First game in almost 10 years - she is 27 now. Time goes by quickly.