Originally Posted by ScottFromWI

Just say no thanks. Most of the people you'll be dealing with will be drunk anyway so logic doesn't apply. The only one that obsesses about what other people think of their drinking ( or not drinking ) is us. Most other people really don't care one way or the other.

Granted you are throwing yourself fight back into the fire hanging out in a bar...remember that there is really only one reason people come there. It will be difficult.