I'll drink every now and then but it isn't something I ever prefer to do that and it was the not remembering what I was doing while I blacked out several years ago that led me to pretty much completely stop. I was afraid that I could get into a car or something kill me or someone else and sitting in prison over something I didn't remember doing.
I appreciate your posts in this thread, I've known of examples where some take advantage of the power whether that be a PO or an employer of their ability to revoke them but even without that the parole rules are very stingy. You may like this though I imagine you already know all this stuff 
Why It Might Be Time To Rethink The Rules Of Parole
“I don’t think everyone coming out of prison needs to be supervised,” said Brian Fischer, former commissioner of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. In this hypothetical scenario, “the likelihood of recidivism is zero,” he said. “Why do we need to restrict him?”
Parole conditions vary widely from state to state and case to case. As states attempt to reduce their prison populations, and as the number of parolees grows — now up to more than 851,000 people nationally — advocates are increasingly concerned that parole rules can be too restrictive for the average parolee, making it too easy to end up behind bars again for technical violations.1 As states contend with the high cost of incarceration and use parole to cut costs, advocates are calling for consistency in how it’s deployed.
Some restrictions seem practical (“complying with all laws”), while others seem nearly impossible to follow (“abandon evil associates and ways”). Other times, they run counter to mainstream culture; states including Kansas, Kentucky and Hawaii prevent parolees from drinking alcohol and going into bars.2 Also, enforcement of these rules varies from parole agent to parole agent.
“Most of us could not live under the rules of parole because there are too many of them,” Fischer said.
Certain behaviors that break a law, and therefore also violate parole terms, are fairly common in the general public. In 2013, 19.8 million adults were current marijuana users, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Almost half of drivers say they keep up with faster, often speeding traffic. About 660,000 people used a cellphone while driving in 2011, which potentially breaks the law in at least 44 states. Not only do these actions violate parole, they delay the reentry process, especially if a parolee found in violation is sent to a treatment facility or county jail, which costs taxpayers money.3
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-it-might-be-time-to-rethink-the-rules-of-parole/
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