> Or did you start off with that and they'd continue to pressure you? I'm not an alcoholic myself, but I drink _very_ rarely so I'm often in a similar boat. I

> Or did you start off with that and they'd continue to pressure you? I'm not an alcoholic myself, but I drink _very_ rarely so I'm often in a similar boat. If you say "I'm not drinking" or "I don't drink" a very common follow up question is: "oh? why?" For me, I've always been able to shrug my shoulders and say: "I dunno, just never felt like it". But I could _very_ easily see a recovering alcoholic feeling like they're in a very awkward position once that question comes up. The last 20 seconds or so of this clip of Jim Gaffigan rings pretty true to me: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/fq3bvp/comedy-central-presents-people-who-don-t-drink http://www.cc.com/video-clips/fq3bvp/comedy-central-presents...