Straight edge or not?

I've never agreed with the framing of alcohol in society. It's almost become some sort of "necessary" social convention which is seen as something you need to grow into liking for "maturity," and where abstaining from it is perceived as something negative. If you don't drink, you're "tight" or "straitlaced" or whatever. Sorry, I don't see alcohol as anything remotely necessary or desirable in my life for any purpose whatsoever, and I don't consider myself of a childish or prudish mindset. I simply don't see any functional or recreational purpose to drinking alcohol. No, I don't see myself as "better" than those who do drink, but I also don't want any stigma from others for choosing not to drink.

I guess what I am trying to say I wish there wasn't meaning applied to whether you do something banal like drink alcohol. You either you do or you don't. You either play baseball or you don't. You either wake up at 5am or you don't. You either do HobbyXYZ or you don't. Do these things have any inherent value either way? No. Why should consuming or not consuming some beverage be any different? It makes no sense to me.

Jam it back in, in the dark.