Alcohol Has Calories, So When You're Planning to Go Out

Alcohol has Calories, so when you're planning to go out and have a few drinks, why is it a bad idea to eat less first in order to minimize your caloric intake?

A) The Calories in alcohol don't really stay with you like regular Calories, so it doesn't add enough to your caloric intake to worry about
B) If you drink alcohol on an empty stomach, you're going to get drunk and potentially incapacitated very quickly.
C) Food absorbs alcohol so if you eat, you won't get drunk.
D) This is a symptom of an eating disorder.
E) It isn't really a bad idea because alcohol is fattening and this way you can make up for that and not gain weight.