If you choose to drink on New Year’s Eve, go for quality over quantity.

Instead of drinking can after can of cheap beer, have two or three bottles of a craft beer. Instead of glass after glass of sparking white wine, get real champagne, the kind from Champagne region of France, and imbibe it with your friends.

Overconsumption of alcohol is what many people think celebrating anything is all about. When you think about it, that sort of thinking is left over from the wild days of youth. And how foolish it was.

However, true adults know the good conversations, the happy faces and making good memories are what celebrating actually is about. In other words, smart people ring in the New Year in the company of friends.

They know the drinks are not the key to that kind of fun. True, alcohol helps people to relax and removes some inhibitions, but a small quantity can last over the evening. So you might as well shoot for quality and then take it slow.

Nobody wants to see auto crashes. Nobody wants to see friends in a drunken stupor. Nobody wants to baby-sit the person who had too much.

We don’t advocate drinking. But if you do drink, stay safe and be smart. As with anything, moderation is key.