> No, then if you don't drink, you simply don't participate in one of the most prominent ways people socialize. If that were true that would be bad - drinking

> No, then if you don't drink, you simply don't participate in one of the most prominent ways people socialize. If that were true that would be bad - drinking at conferences would then truly alienate non-drinkers. But actually, non-drinkers can participate just fine in one of the most prominent ways people socialize.