To all the Reddit non-drinkers: Why don't you drink?

I wouldn't say that I don't drink at all but I went sober for a considerable amount of time and still haven't come anywhere near to drinking as much as I used to. My response towards alcohol changed after a particular incident, in which I managed to scare all those around me. At the time I was at a small house party during my younger years and saw an opportunity to get extremely drunk. After drinking about a third of the alcohol meant for the entire party I went from being a slightly sweary but still pleasant drunk to a hate filled monster that had to be restrained. On the morning following the incident I managed to find out details about exactly what had happened, seeing as my memory of the events which transpired wasn't exactly perfect. I was told that I started to get out of control after being told that there was no booze left and that's when my personality began to change. The host's christian parents were called in after my shouts and animalistic screams began to get louder. I'm not a religious man, never have been and never plan to be, but I started proclaiming myself as 'Lord Lucifer' and told of the pointless struggles of humanity against the inevitable death that it would face, among other drak things. The host's parents then proceeded to try and exorcise me, to very little success. If anything I became louder and struggled more everytime they tried to mention the name 'Jesus'. According to a friend my voice had changed into a much deeper, animalistic growling and I had times where I would start madly cackling, which seemed to scare the living shit out of everyone present. Eventually most of the other kids were moved out from where I was to somewhere else because of how distressing it was. A couple of them even prayed for me and one actually broke down in tears. Looking back on it now it's hard to be entirely certain what happened but at the time, all people present were unnerved and seriously concerned, and it led to me taking a substantial break from drinking.

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