Do stop off and hang with your buddies. Now this may be totally obvious but I will point it out anyway. Try to avoid the beer on the way home. I can't speak for your personality but sometimes even one beer, for me at least, can make that ever so slight difference that something I might blow off completely on any other day...today, now, after that one beer I'm like, F it, you wanna fight let's do it.
Try never to walk into heated situations behind a few brews. It can make you more aggressive than expected OR it can make you totally weepy. Best to be in control
Me 44 She 46 S13 D9 M18 T23 3 years DB'ing Successfully busted