It’s always friends first.

“Come on in! You want a beer?”

“Get a beer and let’s talk!”

“Try this whiskey!”

Then before you know it, you’ve downed your first and the second is on the way.

Alcohol is a social lubricant.

And people can’t live without it.

As I would file into a bar for one of my networking meetings, the first place I would go would be to chat up …