I haven't had a drink in years. I lost my dad to alcohol and it seemed to me the hardest part for him was not finding acceptance in society as a non-drinker. Our culture treats people that do not drink as someone to be pitied, and you should have a reason like being pregnant or an alcoholic, or some other medical condition. I didn't like that.I wanted non-drinkers to be treated like anyone else. I want drinking to be a choice, not a right of passage, I want a world where people don't drink, just because they don't not because there is something "wrong" with them. I am not against the act of drinking, I am not against drinkers...I just want attitudes to change. People are not less-than (OR better-than ) if they do not drink. And I realized the only way I could possibly inspire that is to live it.