As writerserenyty mentioned, there's a huge difference between "let's go party and have a drink" and "let's go get wasted". If it's the latter, you can't even call it socializing, because when you're drunk to the point of not being able to talk to someone else coherently, then it's basically like getting wasted all by yourself.

Also, I sadly know a lot more people who just go out to drink just to get extremely wasted. I was around them once while in their drunken state and felt extremely uncomfortable because I never drink to the point of being drunk (and no, I'm not saying that to feel like a ~special snowflake~ or anything, I just don't because I'm not keen on vomiting or waking up with a hangover).

On the other hand, there's nothing bad about going out with friends and having one or two drinks in moderation. That's what I'd call socializing.

Thanks to your icon I also basically read your comment in Captain Haddock's voice and was sorely missing a "billions of blistering blue barnacles" at the end or in the beginning XD