Awesome article, man. The backlash you got from not drinking was what psychologists call enmeshment. People don’t feel like they can be themselves unless you are something for them; they ‘enmesh’ their selves into yourself. Kinda like the way your mom might always want you to be 12 years old, so she can know who she is as a person (this is also why parents get divorces once their kids move out). So, yeah, people who complain that you don’t drink are basically like guilt-tripping moms.