Re: You dont drink or smoke? You are one weird person!
I guess I dont find it hard to avoid? Something is wrong with me? I dont get tempted.
But that could be because by the time I got to know people who do drink or smoke, I was already past the temptation age. My parents didnt even allow me to go to malls alone. I can tell you some stories! But with four girls, can you blame my poor father? Nah.
Anyway, I guess you need to make sense out of it in your own mind so you get turned off by the idea. When you start working, it will be worse. Corporate events? Business lunches? Christmas parties? How will you avoid all those places where people need an excuse to drink? If you live in a Western world, you have to learn to find your own way. All of my non-Muslim friends know I dont drink and they respect it, in fact one of them wants to give up alcohol altogether now.
As long as you're comfortable with your own decisions, no one will question you. The minute you start to waiver, people sense it and thats what peer pressure is all about.