I never got into it and I feel like I'm missing a huge social part of my life. I've tried alcohol and it just tastes bad. Maybe if I had enough to get inebriated I'd feel different, but so far nothing about the experience of drinking has been good. Also I grew up around Baptists who don't have drinking in the culture, so maybe that's part of it? My parents never had alcohol in the house and there was never beer/wine at family gatherings. I never even saw a full glass of beer in person until I was like 23.
Bars are too loud and there's too much expectation to drink, parties have the same problem, drinking at home alone sounds sad. I go to concerts and I'm the only person without a huge glass of beer. People hand me drinks and I'm like "nah" and they get mega confused.
What do I do
Is this the opposite of a problem?
Most everyone doesn't like the taste of alcohol at first, it's an acquired taste. You just have to be peer pressured into drinking beer you hate like 25 times and then it just clicks, and suddenly it's good.
I never liked the taste of beer and similar drinks, but I absolutely loved the taste of hard liquor from the first time I had some. Brandy, whiskey, cocktails, all of that. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, I can't drink anymore due to medications so I miss it a bit. But on the positive side, it's good for my health.