You and Haymitch were co-mentors, two peas in a pod as Effie would say. If he drank, you drank, he'd get all gruff and angry, while you'd be laughing your head off drunk and loudly telling stories. It worked for you, just maybe not the tributes.

Well that was until these two, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. These two refused to not be trained properly, mainly Katniss. So you and Haymitch had to come off the booze for a bit to help try and prepare them for the games.