an example of how people make alcohol and/or pot their priorities,try meeting and making friends with those that do those things.it's not difficult unless you don't do those things. i guarantee you,if you live in an apartment complex and meet others there(college age),you won't be accepted as part of their group if you don't drink or smoke pot.like in the 70's,you;ll be considered not cool or lame or'straight' or some other ridiculous adjective and you'll be ostercised from the group when it comes down to being accepted as part of it. this,meaning that making friends is based primarily on whether that person drinks or does drugs.believe me,i've been around enough to know this for fact.i can't count the times i've met people and not been accepted as part of the clan because im straight,or don't drink.abstaining from both alcohol and drugs,to most people,means you don't party.it just means you don't get wasted.but generally that's a reason to be ostercised by most college aged people(between 18-late 20's give or take). i have no use for either alcohol or recreational drugs mostly for those reasons.people get too obsessed(maybe posessed by them)