Alcohol - An Issue? Yes.

I've been debating writing about this for a while, and I finally have some coherent thoughts to write out. I do find that people who want to drink can enjoy themselves doing that, and that's their thing. that's fine, that's a personal decision to make and that's totally fine. I do however want to state that there are some negatives that we seem to be forgetting. The simple fact of the matter is, not everyone likes alcohol, in fact, there are people who hate alcohol just as much as some people like alcohol, which is an obvious given the fact that people exist on both sides of any spectrum.

The problem is a simple one, the majority of people like the drinking events and enjoy them thoroughly. The less vocal minority who either don't drink, or drink in smaller amounts are left to try to find ways to socialize, and while this has been mentioned, I have a feeling that there is some underlying seclusion because of it. I know, I, like multiple other people, have been told to show up to drinking events in order to socialize, but I feel like people don't understand that these events are stress-relieving events to some people. I personally find events like these to be more stressful that the cases we do, so I have no reason to show up to them.

There is no simple solution to this problem, and I don't expect people not to drink because of the vocal minority, that would be absurd. I do however, wish there was a means for the people who don't want to drink to meet, and have an agreement not to drink, because in all honesty, I don't want to be around people while they drink in excess, that's just part of what I do for my own sanity and stress. If that's not a possibility, I can live with it, solitude has never been a problem for me. But, if it can be fixed, I feel that the work around should exist.