january is one of those months where you experience every feeling on the human spectrum and you just have to go about your day like that isn't happening

i don't know what younger person needs to hear this, but it is so valid to not want to drink alcohol at all, or to only want to drink very rarely. don't let others pressure you into joining in with those societal rituals. it is an outrage how normalized drinking alcohol is, to the point that those who choose to abstain are constantly forced to justify their private choices, be publicly questioned about what led to these choices or excluded from activities altogether. you do not ever need to justify your reasons for this. there are absolutely valid and important reasons to not drink, and nobody has a right to know your personal reasonings.

football when ur completely neutral and just here for the drama is the greatest sport in the world and football when u actually care is the devil's sport hope this helps