I have to be honest, I'm a little ashamed of myself for posting this as a decoy. And I'm equally ashamed that I've actually put this decoy into practice. But, desperate times call for desperate measures.
Commit Alcohol Abuse (also known as a party foul).
The most common form of alcohol abuse consists of spilling your drink. However, this is hard to do tactfully, and--especially if you are at someone else's house--it can be downright annoying. Plus, there is always a good chance that if you spill your drink, someone will offer to bring you another, which means you now have to figure out what to do with that drink (unless, of course, you just blame the spill on a high level of intoxication and refuse to continue drinking*). The only exception to this is if you are at some sort of outdoor party--walking a little briskly and sloshing some of your drink over the side of your glass is totally acceptable (as is "forgetting" how much drink you have in your glass and "accidently" tipping it a little to much while having a conversation with someone). Just don't be that jerk who spills your drink on someone else.
What I find to be much less conspicuous--and way less of a mess--is to gradually dump the drink down the drain (note--you are probably limited to doing this when you are at a house; I don't know many people who take their drinks into the bathroom with them at a bar/restaurant). Obviously, if you are sitting down having dinner at the table, it would probably look strange to dismiss yourself to the bathroom and take your drink with you. However, if you are at a house party, it probably isn't unusual that you would be walking around with your drink in hand, making it very easy to disappear with it into the bathroom. Just make sure that you are carrying your drink to other rooms of the house as well; if the bathroom is the only place you carry it then someone might question what you are doing.
*As my husband so kindly pointed out, if someone were at the intoxication level to be spilling his/her drinks, that person would probably not have the mental awareness to stop drinking. So, this would be another good time to have a buddy or significant other in on your ploy so that they can be the one to step in and say that you should quit drinking. Plus, the ploy is that much more believable if the impetus to stop drinking comes from someone other than yourself.
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