Life Advice

/

Health

Ask Amy: It’s tough to be young and sober at the clubs

Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on

Dear Amy: I recently turned 21. I will be the first in my group of friends to graduate from college. This happens in a few weeks.

It feels like life is starting to return to a sense of normalcy as the pandemic recedes, and my friends and I are socializing more outside of our homes – going out dancing, and enjoying the nightlife.

My best friend and I are not big drinkers and every time we go out men pressure us to drink and then try to shame us for not "knowing how to party."

Can you help us come up with a witty comeback to shut down the pressure to drink?

– Happy Teetotaler

Dear Happy: Alcohol is the only drug I can think of where people are continuously asked to explain why they are NOT using it. Understand, however, that you are a part of a growing community of people who are choosing to live sober.

 

Much as I enjoy offering snappy comebacks, I think the most important thing for you to do is to completely own your sobriety.

The only good thing about being shamed for “not knowing how to party” is that it offers you a very quick insight into the people who do this (women also pressure people to drink).

People who pressure you to party are throwing down red flags, and you should take this as your cue to avoid them.

You’re starting to venture out now for your first time as a legal adult, and so you should take some basics to heart:

...continued

swipe to next page

 

 

Comics

The Argyle Sweater Humor Me (Leave Caption In Comments) Daddy Daze Bill Day Blondie Crabgrass