Bullshit. I'm east European, I know what alcohol as a major part of the social fabric looks like. But I quite drinking a long time ago. And it hasn't hurt my so

Bullshit. I'm east European, I know what alcohol as a major part of the social fabric looks like. But I quite drinking a long time ago. And it hasn't hurt my social fabric at all. Not in eastern Europe not in America, not anywhere. There is absolutely no reason what so ever for YOU to drink. However, dry events in my experience tend to be worse attended, then the same events with alcohol. So I would describe Alcohol as a minor part of social conventions. It would be major if not drinking was a major social faux pas.