You should express anger so rarely that when you do, everyone who witnesses it is shocked, appalled, and embarrassed by the gravity of the situation.
“You made HIM mad? Yeesh…”
A very good way to live.
Drinking is awesome.
The question you have to ask yourself : Is the 3 hours of awesome worth the 3-4 days to get back to your peak creativity/motivation.
It almost all cases it's not.
If booze is required for peak friend moments...I'm sorry your just a drunk. and your friends are a bore.
People love to skim over the cost of even a few drinks.
I'd have 2 drinks every night and get shit canned Friday and Saturday otherwise. But the shit is poison. You can't have your cake and eat it too with it. The cost is too damn high.
Laying by the pool 7 beers deep with your friends isn't worth the next 3-4 days of progress in your life unless your an incredibly average person.
If you don't think it slows you down, you likely have operated at half capacity for so long that you don't know what your true potential is.
I know it sucks...But maybe just talk to your "friends" sober.