I drink a beer occassionally when working when I get hot and thirsty. I take a little break, sit down, have a cool drink of water and then maybe top it off with a cold one. Some church folks might say I overindulge a bit, I bought a case summer of 2010 and last time I was home in March 2011, I only had about 12 of them left and those missing were shared with my brother in law. I see nothing wrong with stopping your work, taking a short break with a beer or two if you can tolerate it, but working with one in your hand all the time, is going overboard. That said, I would mind my own business as far as my neighbor goes. If he is a good neighbor and it appears he is, then he has the right to destroy his liver if he wants, as long as he doesnt get belligerant and /or start destroying my property or driving drunk down the public highways, he is well within his rights to consume as much alcohol as the wants on his own property and anyone who came on my property and started telling me how and what I should do on it would promptly find himself on is ***** on the other side of the fence.