Just fyi: alcohol is alcohol. In terms of negative effects on your body, emotional state, ability to drive a car, etc, there is no difference between beer and hard liquor -- or wine, for that matter. In fact, with the growing popularity of craft beer, one can quite easily order a twelve ounce beer that has MORE alcohol than a shot of hard liquor or a standard five ounce glass of wine. And since many establishments sell pints of beer, it's even easier.

I'm no teetotaler and I'm no scold, but don't delude yourself into thinking that three beers per day is somehow healthier than, say, three shots of whiskey. It's not.