Orwell wrote:
I can easily enough state that I live on a substance-free floor, and am not permitted to drink. That is true, and would tend to do the trick. Or I could just say "I don't drink." (Also true) My voice is flat and blunt enough that most people quickly realize the futility of attempting to use peer pressure on me..
But you can't do that to Asians. I have to decline politely and try to come up with a plausible excuse. My 'alcohol allergy' fib works pretty well.
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"You can take me, but you cannot take my bunghole! For I have no bunghole! I am the Great Cornholio!"