I can totally see why some people don't drink. If you can drink properly, it's great. You don't wake up the next day with a dry mouth and sluggish head. You don't puke on someone else's carpet and forget about it. You don't get behind a wheel and run over some kid. You don't get you teeth knocked out by some guy twice your weight. You don't screw around and lose your girlfriend.
Sadly though, many people don't know how to drink properly. In my opinion
it's the worst drug out there, because it turns regular people into douchebags. And not just a few. The vast majority becomes frustrated, horny and very annoying. It's just that everyone else is also smashed up so they don't notice it.
If you believe binge drinking is super-awesome, try going to a party or club and stay sober until 3 AM. All those ridiculous people are exactly like you.
Alcohol is good for three things:
1. When taken in moderation, it makes people social. Myself included; I'm very shy, but alcohol helps me forget about that.
2. Some of it tastes nice.
3. It gives a pretty good high. No way near as good as weed if you ask me, but then again weed is illegal and not socially accepted - so what are you gonna do? (Weed also has no hang over whatsoever)
If it wasn't for these three things, I would never drink alcohol. Overall, I'd even go as far as saying it's more negative than positive. Even if many people drink responsibly, the morepart clearly don't.
So again, I can totally understand why people don't drink, and kudos for that. I just wish people were funny and social enough, and the world fun enough to say that would be ideal. But it isn't. So alcohol certainly fills a purpose.
Rant over