17 years old and don't drink alcohol

i've noticed that alcohol seems to be the thing which social occasions revolve around and it is expected of me that when i turn 18 i start drinking alcohol. 

drinking even a sip of alcohol makes me feel sick

i have emetophobia which worsens this

i don't like the idea of losing control

however, i worry that this will get worse when i go to university with all the peer pressure to drink when i genuinely don't want to and i don't like the thought of it but i don't want to be seen as boring and well an outcast but i guess i always feel like an outcast. 

my mum made mince pies and i happened to have the one with tons of alcohol in it and i feel sick right now. 

alcohol always seems to be the source of entertainment generally.

i don't want to turn this into another rant but i just hate the way the world is

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  • autileaf

    I drank for while when I was in my early-twenties because everyone else did and I wanted to fit in.  I hated it so much that I had stopped by my mid-twenties.

    I'm now an OAP and haven't had alcohol for over forty years.  Yay!!

    Ben

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  • autileaf

    I drank for while when I was in my early-twenties because everyone else did and I wanted to fit in.  I hated it so much that I had stopped by my mid-twenties.

    I'm now an OAP and haven't had alcohol for over forty years.  Yay!!

    Ben

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