mate, if you want to drink, you go ahead! You're an adult and if you enjoy it - and enjoy it responsibly, without hurting others or doing damage to yourself - do that! Hell, I would! I think the posters here are letting Tom know that although non-drinkers are a minority, he's not entirely alone. Because non-drinkers DO get hassle and pressure off friends and families, coworkers, friends-of-friends (and the world and his dog sometimes) for their "strange" decision. Our culture can't deal with it.