u/Wooden-Whereas4048

I have turned to posting on here because I’ve come to the conclusion that I will never find anyone in real life who will ever relate/understand me. I’m 21 and I don’t drink, never have, never will. And when I say that to people, their reaction always enrages me because it’s always just utter shock. It’s shocking that I choose to not poison myself? I probably don’t see alcohol the same way as most adults. My dad was an alcoholic for majority of my childhood and it completely ruined my life and I constantly think about how everything would be different for me if he had never done that. He may be sober now, but it does not erase literally years of damage that is caused into my adulthood. So I just find it so insensitive when people act shocked when I say I don’t want to drink, or when they try to pressure me into drinking. Of course it’s all everyone my age does, so I always am the odd one out in those types of conversations and it’s not even that I care about that, I just wish people would be more understanding and respectful of my decisions. It’s become so socially acceptable to drink and if you choose not to, it’s like a red flag. It just makes no sense to me. I hate seeing people drunk, I hate being around anyone under the influence of anything. I always felt like it was demonic, but that’s a whole other story. I just want to know if anyone relates to me.