As a casual non-drinker, I gotta say I don't envy this person her former life of friends who also like alcohol.
I am friends with plenty of people who drink, and I can't say it's been an issue with them that I don't drink. I'll fully admit this could be a difference in genders :(. But usually I just say something like "I've discovered I experience hangovers the next day no matter how little alcohol I drink" and people let it go.
I don't have to lie, and everyone collectively moves on. Every day I wake up after drinking I'm reminded of why I don't drink that often for sure. I do it about once a year, and not for any social pressure.
I am friends with plenty of people who drink, and I can't say it's been an issue with them that I don't drink. I'll fully admit this could be a difference in genders :(. But usually I just say something like "I've discovered I experience hangovers the next day no matter how little alcohol I drink" and people let it go.
I don't have to lie, and everyone collectively moves on. Every day I wake up after drinking I'm reminded of why I don't drink that often for sure. I do it about once a year, and not for any social pressure.