I will sometimes go to a party and not drink alcohol. It is fun at first until everyone else starts getting drunk. Then it becomes a bore, or worse, it just gets disgusting. So I go home. Nobody ever notices when you go home early.
I have never liked loud clubs or drunken parties. My friends would drag me to them but they only made me feel anxious. All that loud music and the crowds. I just wanted to get out of there.
There's a whole world of social events that don't revolve around drinking or clubbing. I like to ride a bicycle with a bicycle club, hike with a hiking club, play mandolin at an old-time jam session (and I don't even know how to play the darn thing), play flute at an Irish session (I do know how to play the flute) and I take classes (writing) and volunteer, too. The jam session is the most fun because sometimes we play at parties and even get paid in food or real money.
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