Things You'll Need:
- Non-alcoholic beverage of choice
- Quick comebacks
- Cell phone
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Step 1
Bring your own non-alcoholic beverage (BYNAB). Often party-goers get nervous when fellow guests don’t have a drink in their hand. Make yours a tumbler of soda, coffee or water you brought from home. Refill often from the thermos you have also brought or leave the glass half-full so people leave you alone.
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Step 2
Never put your drink down. Not that someone may sneak some scotch in it, but to insure you don’t accidentally pick up the wrong one when you go to take a sip.
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Step 3
Stay away from other drinks, not even the apparently benign punch. People put alcohol in candy and cake, too, so be wary of what you consume.
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Step 4
Come armed with quick comebacks. Sometimes people will insist on knowing why you don’t drink, a simple “Because I don’t want to” will never sate them. Tell them alcohol makes you sick, clashes with your medication or ruins your diet. After all, a single shot of vodka is rife with more than 100 empty calories.
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Step 5
Use your cell phone. Tell a few friends you will be going to a party and might need to call them to calm down if all the drinking gets too much.
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Step 6
Leave. If the drunkenness becomes beyond control and you just can’t handle it, there is nothing wrong with leaving a party to save your sobriety – and your sanity.
