To each his own...I drink socially but the thing is that drinking is much more common I think in Europe than in the States, with the wine during some lunches or dinner, the aperitive thing...it's really a cultural thing. It's so widespread that it's no biggie, if you don't drink in most environments it's like saying you don't smoke, people don't care either way. Not everyone, but most people I know. I go out with people who drink and people who don't, had a girlfriend who didn't drink at all, it's nothing. People who find you weird for not drinking probably need the drink to feel good or whatever.