I have to admit...
I don't really like going along with these types of posts.
Don't drink, don't wank, don't wash your hair, don't clip your nails... bro, it's the new PUA fad, everyones doing it and everyone's getting laid.
At the end of the day, drinking is a choice. If you want to drink, then drink.
If you don't then don't.
You don't have to get hammered if you're drinking. I'm Irish myself and I face a lot of stereotypes here in the U.S. In some circles when I have 2 drinks I start getting the looks and comments ... "Oh, Irish guy is off...!"
But personally for Irish standards between my friends back home, I'm a lite-moderate drinker. But in the U.S. I'd be considered a heavy drinker... but really I seem to be able to handle a lot more. I can have several beers without it really effecting my personality in any way, yet 1 or 2 shots and I see "bro's" at bars passing out, starting fights and puking everywhere, so the perception in there.
I'm not an advocate of getting wasted drunk, but I enjoy a drink if I go to a bar, I don't really drink during the week or at home.
I'd find it weird to just stop citing reasons that I'm picking up girls and this will help me... there's a lot more and better things to focus on.
If someone doesn't drink in general, there's no reason to start.
If someone does and does so responsibly and can still handle themselves well, I don't see a problem.
It's only a problem when people abuse it or don't know their limits and this goes far beyond the reach of a PUA site.