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Stand by your views and not drink til you are comfortable with it without the influence of anyone else

agreed. If they’re true friends they’ll still respect you. You can still hang out with them and stuff, you just won’t be drinking.

Well, by being the designated driver you could get a good look at how stupid people behave when they’re drunk, which might be a good thing to see, so long as you don’t think they’ll give you a hard time about it.

If they don’t respect your decision, find friends who aren’t into that.

Finally.
listen you and I think the same anon. Constantly getting ****** up is so stupid. I was sparring with a friend a long time ago and I landed a lot of strikes on his head, he said he felt like he was drunk. We talked, and Its the same thing, all it is, is the body trying to recover from damage or shock. I don’t drink, I may taste, but don’t drink to get drunk. Like everyone says, if their your friends they should respect your morals. Don’t ever get dragged into something you don’t want to. All your doing is killing your liver and adding 10 years to your face.

Drinking is as you say, but because at tis year drinking and alchohol is becoming big just as drugs are. Just because some of your friends are drinking dosent mean its right to do so, if you feel left out then dont hang witht them when they’re gonna be around beer and such, I know its hard and it might see stupid but its true, its one of the best ways to save yourself from being drug into that state.

Start smoking crack.
Get 2 steps ahead of your other friends, THEN you’ll be the coolest.

In all seriousness, just get new friends. or learn to put up with it. I’m the same age as you going into the same thing with alcohol and drugs with my friends. It doesn’t mean i get left out of stuff, they respect that i don’t want to do that stuff. and they’re cool with it. they still invite me to whatever they’re doing and they seriously just don’t care. If your friends are friends enough to where they can do that then look for new ones

Ask yourself, are they really your friends, or do you hang around with them be cause you want to fit in! I can suggest two things 1. make a stand for what you beleive - and from the positive things that you are saying you seem to have your focus and purpose in the right place, so stand for what you believe and 2. you can get new friends

Love yourself, be confident in what you are doing so that the wrong acts of others doesn’t pressure you into being like them. At the same time love your friends to let them know what they are doing is destructive