​Why don’t you drink

I quit drinking and if you don’t drink people sometimes ask why
Well first, that’s the wrong question, you don’t ask people why they don’t smoke or why they don’t do crystal meth… the question to people that do drink should be “why do you drink?”
More than half of the people (in Singapore) never drink. Another 35% drink a few glasses per month while 11% drink a glass more regularly. Only 2.8% drink almost daily, even less people drink daily, even less people binge (drinking more than 5 glasses in a day). Statistically, not drinking is the norm.
Drinking is embedded in our culture. Everybody is introduced to alcohol despite the fact it’s a toxin, a depressant and addictive. If you want to get the best out of life it makes no sense to intoxicate yourself voluntarily and I’ve seen more than enough drunkenness, excesses, mayhem and debauchery to continue drinking. Even though I could control my intake.