I back you two hundred percent, Andy!!! I’ve been shunned at social gatherings because I don’t drink. (I have a medical condition which keeps me from doing so.) But the benefits which you list in your article from not drinking outbalance the benefits of drinking, not to mention getting drunk. I encourage EVERYONE who reads this article-and EVERYONE who is making New Year’s resolutions to abstain from drinking. It may be scary to do, but in the long run, it’ll be worth it!!!