I would like to give a word of warning for people who would like to enjoy alcohol all their life: try to avoid kindling at all cost.

If you, like most professionals, consume alcohol for social clout and for fun, this is extremely crucial.

Once you develop kindling (sneaks up on you), even a few beers can trigger almost life threatening withdrawals, so your option is to not drink any, or drink yourself to death. There is no middle way.

For those interested, check out the cripplingalcoholism subreddit on reddit. Tons of first hand experience there. You have been warned. Kindling is a pandoras box of all kind of regrets and there is no way to reverse it apart from abstaining from alcohol for 10+ years.