I am a senior in high school, and I will be attending college next fall. It is a fairly small private college, and a large percentage of people who attend the college are Christian. I am not at all opposed to others drinking, and I am fine with people drinking around me. I am fine with parties and I like them. I don't really like being around smokers but they are OK if they aren't smoking cigs near me becuase I have asthma and it makes me sick.

Will I be able to have a good social life in college if I elect not to drink? All most of my friends now do not drink. I go to a few parties, and I enjoy them but I don't have very much partying experience. Will I be rejected from parties/pressured into drinking if I attend but don't drink?

I also wanted to join a fraternity. Is there usually one fraterntiy per college, especially a college that has alot of Christians (but isn't explicitly a "christian" school) that isn't that big on drinking? Is it possible not to drink, or is drinking pretty much mandatory for joining a frat?

I have a number of reasons why I really have 0 desire to drink. One reason is that I am allergic to everything but hard liquor and wine due to a wheat allergy. There is also alcholism in my faimly, although no one in my immidiate family has alchol problems. I also knew someone who was an alcholic and died and it made me not want to drink. I also have a fairly addictive personality of whatever it is called. I tend to want to do one thing for a long period of time and do it really well. I almost seem to get addicted to a website, or a video game, or studying a particular subject ect. (I don't have OCD though) I would think that my tendancy for me to focus on one thing combined with alcholism in the family combined with my ability to only drink hard liqour plus the fact that I mostly play video games to put off problems (mostly procrastination of work I don't want to do though) would spell disaster for me. So please don't try to talk me into drinking.

Thanks alot for helping me out! I am pretty worried about this.

well I'm a year below you.

but if people reject you as you don't drink.....I'd rather ignore such fake people anyway.

on the other hand.....I doubt you'll have a problem at all........everyones really mature at uni apprently

but obviously my opinion is that of what our teachers keep telling us now.

Meh, if they don't drink and you don't drink you will be fine... If all else fails try non-alcoholic beers, people wont question it. I'm sure you can get non-alcoholic wheat free beer too, I've seen it in shops but can't vouch for what it tastes like.

Maybe I just live in an odd little bubble in the world, but I have never been at a party or event where anyone cared whether you were drinking or not ...

By the way, I thought Christians liked to drink, condoned in social situations (water into wine, communion wine, blood of Christ ,etc...)

I know a fair few Christians that drink, maybe it's and American Christian thing though.

same, i have a friend who's a christian but he drinks more than me

One of my girlfriends friends is christian and he drinks more than me on a night out/parties easily... he also makes home made bombs when drunk (OK it was only once, but still!!!)

I had a well prepared answer to you until you said the word "fraternity"
Ha! have good luck with that.

wtf is a fraternity btw, i hear americans talk about them alot, but i have no idea what they are

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What the hell is a frat? as far as I can tell it's a house for partying. Mind you, the structure of American university confuses me, What is with the major and minor thing? In England we pick one subject and stick to it.