Reply To: Any heter to not get drunk on Purim?

If it can be done at no halachic expense, then all the better. If there is an expense, according to those that it is a l’chatchila, it needs to be evaluated whether the expense takes precedence over a l’chatchila – or not. According to those that k’peshuto is an obligation, then surely it must be done in the absence of a shas hadchak (i.e. a physical inability.)