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RE: The Beverage Outcast - I never thought what I DON'T drink could make me awkward, but think again!
It does make you feel ostracized if you don't have these kind of drinks around your friends but its not compulsory to drink an alcohol and you should think of it as positively. I mean it is good for health not to drink and for blending with people around you, you just have to be friendly with them no need to pretend.
@raku I am proud of my health, so I DO like celebrating that fact while I still can! Even when I'm being friendly to people, and they ask why I'm not drinking, I feel this barrier appear between us - because they want me to be drinking with them, want me to be "part of the group", or they feel like I'm not accepting them.. which I AM perfectly fine with them drinking! Heck, I want to like alcohol enough to join you! Just because I'm not drinking, doesn't mean I have a problem with other people drinking, especially my friends - I love them!