How much is it normal to want/need a drink?

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I don't drink a lot most of the time but when I do I'm a bit of a binge drinker.

I can easily go for a week or more without a drink at all but there are certain circumstances when I'll look forward to it and I find it really hard not to have one.

E. G DH and I have got into a habit of sharing a bottle of wine and a brandy or two with dinner on a Friday. If for some reason one of us is not at home it's fine and I won't have a drink, but I find it really hard not to have one if we're having Friday dinner together.

About once a month during the the season I watch football with friends and a lot of beer is consumed. I'd find it very hard to say no in that circumstance, although it wouldn't occur to me to have beer if watching football alone.

Is this all normal and healthy or is there a problem?

Do you think it’s an issue? Can you stop when you want to?

A week isn’t a long time to go without. And you’ve posted here which means it’s worrying you. What are your thoughts on it?

Seems fine to me, do you think there is an issue OP? Why do you ask?

I think I'd be worried about feeling like I needed a drink. Mostly because I used to feel like that about smoking and it was a bastard to stop.