Non-drinker at 18

You are very normal & these guys sound pretty like hardcore boozers and pricks - not social drinkers and friends. Your issue is less about drinking & teens and more about having friends who share your interests and values.

I think that's more normal than the tweens who mess their brains up with alcohol at 13, 14, 15, 16. I did drink once underage, but it was grad night and i only had a few months to go until I was 19 (legal in Canada) and old enough to drink anyway.

I don't drink often, mostly socially. And you'll find that people who drink when they're younger could end up being a drunk, dead, pregnant, sick, at a dead end job, etc, and would end up wondering how they got this way (if they're not dead)

Man, those kids are lost. You make your own fucking choices. I started drinking at 15, I didn't do it for society, both of my parents are dead, I had an excuse. You do whatever makes you feel happy. The people who you were hanging around sound like a bunch of little ass kids. To not drink is control. Those little fucks don't have it. Drinking is stupid, I regret it. You are very adult for not going with the scene. It's just a bunch of nonsense. If you don't want to drink, don't drink. Who cares about everyone else.

you're normal. don't let peer pressure get to you! It's really good that you don't drink alcohol. Personally, I think there's nothing wrong with drinking, as long as you drink moderately and not everyday if possible. I am 19 and I don't drink too. well, maybe I have, once or twice but I've never gotten drunk. Mainly because I don't like alcohol at all, it leaves a bad taste on my mouth. My friends don't push me to drink because they know I don't like the taste and the bad feeling alcohol gives me. I could never understand why some people like to get drunk when afterwards they get the feeling of being dizzy and almost sick... Find friends who'd understand you too. Not every teenager has to drink.

And I agree with this too: I think a great night out involves a nice restaurant dinner.

Don't worry I'm exactly the same :)

What you have going for you, very few people have. That is character. I admire you very much for sticking to your guns with this one. Though it doesn't seem so at the time, people will come into your life and you are more likely than the drinking crowd to develop meaningful, life-long friendships. The reward will come your way. Guaranteed. Drinking buddies seem to disappear over time. Your are doing what they will realize they should have been doing ten or so years from now. I truly admire you. And having character is NOT the norm these days. This is one time to be glad that you are not normal! Best of luck.

I'm also 19 and I'm teetotal. It's a poison in society's veins.

I'm 19 and I don't drink. The most I will drink is like a sip of wine on special occasions. Its normal to me. p.s.I would include a good movie on that good night out.

Agreed. I fucking hate alcohol and don't drink whatsoever. I can count the number of completely non-alcoholic individuals I know on one hand... Kind of sad.

Keep on keepin on. I'm the only one of my friends that never gets drunk. I have a couple drinks here and there but I refuse to get drunk. People question it, but whatever, I'm the one who will be feeling great next morning when they all feel like complete crap. My boyfriend has accepted it and now he barely ever gets drunk anymore either. I think he finally understands that the hangover and damage to your liver is just not worth it!

You are very wise indeed,stay well away from booze and drugs all they do is wreck your body,I over did it when I was younger and boy do I suffer for it now.These things are poisons and should at best be totaly avoided,if you want to live a full and healthy life that is.

Dude, that's perfectly normal. If you don't like alcohol then you don't like it and that's that. People who don't accept that are just douchebags. I personally love alcohol, but it's just like not liking a certain food or drink. People who can't understand that are idiots.

i don't like getting wasted to the point where you black out like most of my peers , i find if you drink less and stop when your tipsy it's not that bad ,

ALright!!!
I think that that is awesome, mate.
Alcohol makes you act like an idiot, and you're way better off without it. :D

u know noone REALLY likes to geet drunk.. there's a reason why they all drop it at some point.. i mean of course they enjoy it for a while but that's it! so u just got ahead of ur self!

Hey, g'day mate!
You do so well. Keep on it.
Don't let drongos push you into the stubbies.

ittotall normal andadmirable! if udont like it greatits ur taste u cant help it! if u do but u dont want to get like drunk or anything even better!!because honestly i dont see the need of getting drunk and all
and ur friends are shit if they stop inviting u just cause u drink i mean they can hang out with u even if u r sobber!!
and belive me u r not the only one who doesnt drink im 17 and i dont drink.. i dont like the taste but i also find kinda stupid (im ok with it most of my friend drink but i just dont uderstand it).. but they dont stop inviting me for that.. and yes maybe sometimes they try to convince me of taking a zip and sometimes i do so that they stop .. but they dont presure me.. they just want me to try it for some reason... and they never tried to get me drunk..
but anyway its totally normal i have a couple of friends who dont drink either... and others who maybe got drunk once or twice u know just for trying it... so its absolutelly normal.. ( i belive i wrote too much sorry!)