Someone Choosing Not to Drink Is Not an Attack

Don’t be that person anymore

Photo: In Lieu & In View Photography / Unsplash

I’ll start this with a confession:

I was that person. The one who would call you lame for not drinking or encourage you to drink “just one beer.” I am not proud of it; in fact, I feel ashamed to think about it. Choosing not to drink always felt like an attack on me and sent me into a defensive mode that made me…