You don't drink for the exact same reasons I don't. I've tried sips of alcoholic beverages that were supposed to be good and they were horrible. It seems like everyone around me drinks, smokes, does drugs, or they do all three (usually at the same time) and since I don't do those things, I've become sort of an outcast. It's tough when you have no one around you that shares your beliefs. I did have one friend, but she recently was swallowed up by the "party" crowd and I don't even recognize her anymore. The hardest thing ever was learning that my best friend, we've known each other since we were babies, drank. She was never like that and I was taken back when I learnt she has been drunk before. I try not to let it ruin a relationship, but it seriously lessens my respect and admiration for the person. If people want to party and drink their lives away, go right ahead. But that isn't my scene and it never will be.