It'll be harder in the summer to have zero beers during the week while sitting on the patio but right now it's a lot easier than I expected to just stop drinking beer on weeknights.
Yep....It is why I started drinking so much more coffee. I turn to it now as nice drink break.
In summer, I sip on grape amino energy

I think we just get in the habit of having something cold or hot to sip on that is part of the ritual.
When it comes to wanting to relax, truth is I would probably smoke a little weed, but I cant control my eating at ALL doing that. I do like the relaxing feeling though....
It will all find a balance. In summer, when I want to tie one on, I usually drink vodka and diet lemon lime soda with a lime in it. Segrams makes a grape flavored vodka and that is my summer time go-to.