I also have to advise limiting drinking. I am quite young (24) and it is honestly completely unnecessary for socializing. In fact, the vast majority of my social occasions are improved by the absence of alcohol, as opposed to the addition of it. The occasional drink is just fine, but you have admitted it is a huge stumbling block for you with weight loss. So the question becomes if you desire to lose weight more than cut loose with your friends. If you can't limit the drinking, acknowledge that it WILL be a hindrance to your weight loss. If you can't control the quantity or binges afterward it is incompatible with weightloss for YOU. Not everyone struggles with that, but that is where individual preferences and body chemistry come into play.
I never feel compelled to have more than MAYBE half a beer, and at MOST a few shots of harder alcohol, on the rare (literally less than once a year) occasion that I am out at a club or indulging in some sake or tequila with my husband. It just isn't a trigger for me, either to binge or to drink more. Others can't enjoy just one beer or one shot, it leads to more or triggers problems with control. Therefore the strategy that I can employ to include alcohol in my life is likely different from someone who reacts to it differently. That's just life!
Good luck, either way. There are no magic answers on this one. You may find that you can reintegrate alcohol down the road of your weight loss with less issues, you may find it is always a problem for your eating. These things are issues you need to personally weigh and decide what is most important to you at this point in your life
