Definitely this. I don't drink or smoke, but that just meant I was the eternal DD for my military unit. After years of that, I became the unit memory keeper, the sacred sage of the unit's drunken wild misadventures. The new guys would huddle around as I would be called in to relay to them the stories of our insanity.

I had so much fun going to bars and parties even without drinking. I like being able to go straight to alert & ready at the drop of a hat if I need to, even at a party.

Still my favorite moment: Dancing on a table at a bar with two chicks when someone said "That guy's so hammered!" and one of my buddies shouted back "He doesn't drink!"

Definitely this. I don't drink or smoke, but that just meant I was the eternal DD for my military unit. After years of that, I became the unit memory keeper, the sacred sage of the unit's drunken wild misadventures. The new guys would huddle around as I would be called in to relay to them the stories of our insanity.

I had so much fun going to bars and parties even without drinking. I like being able to go straight to alert and reading at the drop of a hat if I need to, even at a party.

Still my favorite moment: Dancing on a table at a bar with two chicks when someone said "That guy's so hammered!" and one of my buddies shouted back "He doesn't drink!"