History Main / TheTeetotaler

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Surprisingly, [[MrFanservice Stan Smith]] [[ImpliedTrope might be this trope]] if one compares him to other characters on the show as well as sister shows created by Creator/SethMacFarlane like ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. He does not frequent bars like Peter Griffin from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', does not have a favorite [[DrinkBasedCharacterization hard drink]] like Homer Simpson from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', and is especially this trope compared to Roger Smith. The times that he drinks, smokes, does some type of drug, goes to a bar or become intoxicated can each be counted on one or no hand individually and all together using both hands or just one hand.

* ''TabletopGame/HoylesRulesOfDragonPoker'': One of the AcceptableTargets in the card game, where the guide outlines rules for annoying anyone who complains about drinking.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Horst Lensen manages the family business in [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica Rimwards Howondaland]]. This is a vineyard, winery and distillery. Horst is the son of a man who died of alcoholic complications. As a result, he is very, very, abstemious, knowing his father died of a very big occupational hazard. He confines himself to the most minimal quality control of the family product and prefers this to be done by others.

* ''Series/Charmed1998'': In her first episode Paige tells her boyfriend that she doesn't drink anymore due to "problems with certain liquids" in her past. The show never explicitly brings it up again but whenever the characters are seen drinking Paige's glass is filled with water or juice instead.

* ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'': This is Houston's character trait. It's stated that Houston prefers root beer after a heist so that he can stay sharp for the next job.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Surprisingly, [[MrFanservice Stan Smith]] [[ImpliedTrope might be this trope]] if one compares him to other characters on the show as well as sister shows created by Creator/SethMacFarlane like ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. He does not frequent bars like Peter Griffin from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', does not have a favorite [[DrinkBasedCharacterization hard drink]] like Homer Simpson from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', and is especially this trope compared to [[TheAlcoholic Rog]][[TheBartender er Sm]][[DrunkenMaster ith]]. The times that he drinks, smokes, does some type of drug, goes to a bar or become intoxicated can each be counted on one or no hand individually and all together using both hands or just one hand.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': [[MrFanservice Mr. Ratburn]] is [[ImpliedTrope implied]] to be this trope, with it also being {{Fanon}} that he dates or befriends those who also abstain from alcohol such as Arthur’s father and his [[spoiler:fiancé/husband Patrick]]. In his WeddingEpisode, “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone”, when the kids believe that he is marrying a woman named Patty, [[spoiler:(who is actually his older sister planning his wedding)]], they try to set him up with the librarian saying that there will be an exhibit on liverworts with chocolate and non-alcoholic champagne.

** In the episode, ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E16Duffless Duffless]]'', Homer has to become this for a month after he's arrested for drunk driving. Marge points this out and he makes a promise to her to stop drinking for a month starting the next day. [[LoopholeAbuse He drinks a beer can in bed before going to sleep]].

* In the ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' episode "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E2Patriot Patriot]]", Trivette's cousin, Jeffrey "JJ" Jordan, a US Army Lieutenant, falls under this trope. When he is killed in a car accident, first responders think alcohol was a contributing factor, but Trivette notes that his uncle, JJ's father, drank himself to death, and from there, JJ never touched a drop of liquor if his life depended on it, which has him and Walker conclude someone at his military base had to have been responsible for killing him. [[FromCamouflageToCriminal JJ's Sergeant Major is later proven to be behind it]], since he was stealing munitions for his white supremacist group, and [[HeKnowsTooMuch he killed JJ to]] [[LeaveNoWitnesses keep him from talking]] while he was en route to Ranger Headquarters, and his arrest by Walker and Trivette for such crime sets off the episode's plot.

* ''Manga/GrandBlue'': While normally the members of [[MrFanservice Peek-a]][[FanserviceExtra -Boo]] are the [[InvertedTrope oppo]][[TheAlcoholic site]] of the trope, all club members who are going to participate in the club’s diving activities are required to remain sober beforehand due to the dangers of [[{{Pun}} diving while drunk]].

* In the ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' episode "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E2Patriot Patriot]]", Trivette's cousin, Jeffrey "JJ" Jordan, a US Army Lieutenant, falls under this trope. When he is killed in a car accident, first responders think alcohol was a contributing factor, but Trivette notes that his uncle, JJ's father, drank himself to death, and from there, JJ never touched a drop of liquor if his life depended on it, which has him and Walker conclude someone at his military base had to have been responsible for killing him. [[FromCamouflageToCriminal JJ's Sergeant Major is later proven to be behind it]], since he was stealing munitions for his white supremacist group, and [[HeKnowsTooMuch he killed JJ to]] [[LeaveNoWitnesses keep him from talking]] while he was en route to Ranger Headquarters.

* In the ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' episode "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E2Patriot Patriot]]", Trivette's cousin, Jeffrey "JJ" Jordan, a US Army Lieutenant, falls under this trope. When he is killed in a car accident, first responders think alcohol was a contributing factor, but Trivette notes that his uncle, JJ's father, drank himself to death, and from there, JJ never touched a drop of liquor if his life depended on it, which has him conclude someone at his military base had to have been responsible for killing him. [[FromCamouflageToCriminal JJ's Sergeant Major is later proven to be behind it]], since he was stealing munitions for his white supremacist group, and [[HeKnowsTooMuch he killed JJ to]] [[LeaveNoWitnesses keep him from talking]] while he was en route to Ranger Headquarters.

* In the ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' episode "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E2Patriot Patriot]]", Trivette's cousin, Jeffrey "JJ" Jordan, a US Army Lieutenant, falls under this trope. When he is killed in a car accident, first responders think alcohol was a contributing factor, but Trivette notes that his uncle, JJ's father, drank himself to death, and from there, JJ never touched a drop of liquor if his life depended on it, which has him conclude someone at his military base had to have been responsible for killing him. [[FromCamouflageToCriminal JJ's Sergeant Major is later proven to be behind it]], since he was stealing munitions for his white supremacist group, and he killed JJ [[HeKnowsTooMuch to keep him]] [[LeaveNoWitnesses from talking]] while he was en route to Ranger Headquarters.

* In the ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' episode "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E2Patriot Patriot]]", Trivette's cousin, Jeffrey "JJ" Jordan, a US Army Lieutenant, falls under this trope. When he is killed in a car accident, first responders think alcohol was a contributing factor, but Trivette notes that his uncle, JJ's father, drank himself to death, and from there, JJ never touched a drop of liquor if his life depended on it, which has him conclude someone at his military base had to have been responsible for killing him. JJ's Sergeant Major is later proven to be behind it, since he was stealing munitions for his white supremacist group, and he killed JJ to keep him from talking while he was en route to Ranger Headquarters.

* In the ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' episode "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E2Patriot Patriot]]", Trivette's cousin, Jeffrey "JJ" Jordan, a US Army Lieutenant, falls under this trope. When he is killed in a car accident, first responders think alcohol was a contributing factor, but Trivette notes that his uncle, JJ's father, drank himself to death, and from there, JJ never touched a drop of liquor if his life depended on it, which has him conclude someone at his military base had to have been responsible for killing him. JJ's Sergeant Major is later proven to be behind it, since he was stealing munitions for his white supremacist group, and he killed JJ to keep him from talking.

* In the ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' episode "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E2Patriot Patriot]]", where Trivette's cousin. Jeffrey "JJ" Jordan, a US Army Lieutenant, is killed in a car accident, first responders think alcohol was a contributing factor, but Trivette notes that his uncle, JJ's father, drank himself to death, and from there, JJ never touched a drop of liquor if his life depended on it, which has him conclude someone at his military base had to have been responsible for killing him. JJ's Sergeant Major is later proven to be behind it, since he was stealing munitions for his white supremacist group, and he killed JJ to keep him from talking.

* In the ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' episode "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E2Patriot Patriot]]", where Trivette's cousin. Jeffrey "JJ" Jordan, a US Army Lieutenant, is killed in a car accident, first responders think alcohol was a contributing factor, but Trivette notes that his uncle, JJ's father, drank himself to death, and from there, JJ never touched a drop of liquor if his life depended on it, which has him conclude something at his military base had to have been responsible for killing him. JJ's Sergeant Major is later proven to be behind it, since he was stealing munitions for his white supremacist group, and he killed JJ to keep him from talking.

* ''VisualNovel/FullService'': An ImpliedTrope with [[MrFanservice Tomoki]] and all of his LoveInterests. The only characters that are possibly depicted with something that might be alcohol is [[MrFanservice Lenga, Rald, and Remi]], and even then it is only once, as seen in [[https://fullservice.fandom.com/wiki/Lenga_Valentine?file=Lenga_event_07.png the third image]], [[https://fullservice.fandom.com/wiki/Rald_Schwarz?file=Rald_Event_30.png in the eighteenth image]], and [[https://fullservice.fandom.com/wiki/Remi_Svensson?file=Remi_Event_13.png in the sixth image]], respectively. The Protagonist, [[MrFanservice Sota, Kovit, Oki, Okan, Hisami,]] and all of the male [[FanserviceExtra fanservice extras]] are never mentioned or depicted drinking any alcohol. Of course, whether Sota, who is 18 years old, is able to legally drink depends on [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield where Morningwood is located]] and if the [[FictionalAgeOfMajority legal drinking age]] is different, as the youngest people shown possibly drinking are Lenga and Remi, who are both 22 years old, which is above the United States purchasing age which is one of the highest in the world outside a few who ban it entirely or set the legal age at 25.

* ''[[Literature/Babel2022 Babel]]'' by Creator/RebeccaFKuang: The protagonist's friend Ramy is Muslim and avoids alcohol for religious reasons. [[DeliberateValuesDissonance 19th-century English society]] is not particularly respectful of this; even his own English guardian gives him a bottle of port as a present.

** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Peter Parker never touched the stuff; in fact, in one episode, where he was tricked into drinking it, he proved a ''very'' serious case of CantHoldHisLiquor. In fact, after ''ComicBook/DoctorOctopus became the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan, one of the things that made Mary Jane suspicious of him when he claimed to be Peter was the fact that he was drinking.

* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' series ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'', when Charlie Kweskill passes out on his desk, Perry White wonders if he might be lapsing into an alcoholic coma, but his co-workers find it unlikely: Charlie hardly ''samples'' something stronger than herbal tea.
* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'', who holds himself up to Boy Scout-like standards -- making him the perfect foil for his companion [[TheAlcoholic Captain Haddock]]. (Tintin ''was'' [[IntoxicationEnsues shown drunk once or twice]], but never by his own fault -- one time, he and Haddock got locked in a room full of wine and were affected by the fumes, for instance.)
* In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', only three people on the ship aren't affected by Swerve's doped engex: [[NonActionGuy Rung]], Magnus, and [[spoiler:Brainstorm, the guy who doped it in the first place]]. Naturally, the culprit had something to counter Magnus in hand before pulling off his master plan. The one time Magnus does have actual booze, 1) [[HeroicComedicSociopath Whirl]] gave it to him as a prank, and 2) [[CantHoldHisLiquor it leaves him notably useless for a while]]. It's not clear whether he doesn't drink because he's a lightweight or if he's not used to it because he doesn't drink, [[spoiler:and it's anyone's guess whether his true form under the layers of PoweredArmour being tiny has any effect on his alcohol tolerance given that he is also a Point One Percenter]].

* ''VisualNovel/FullService'': An ImpliedTrope with [[MrFanservice Tomoki]] and all of his LoveInterests. The only characters that are possibly depicted with something that might be alcohol is [[MrFanservice Lenga, Rald, and Remi]], and even then it is only once, as seen in [[https://fullservice.fandom.com/wiki/Lenga_Valentine?file=Lenga_event_07.png the third image]], [[https://fullservice.fandom.com/wiki/Rald_Schwarz?file=Rald_Event_30.png in the eighteenth image]], and [[https://fullservice.fandom.com/wiki/Remi_Svensson?file=Remi_Event_13.png in the sixth image]]. The Protagonist, [[MrFanservice Sota, Kovit, Oki, Okan, Hisami,]] and all of the male [[FanserviceExtra fanservice extras]] are never mentioned or depicted drinking any alcohol.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': [[MrFanservice Mr. Ratburn]] is [[ImpliedTrope implied]] to be this trope with it also being {{Fanon}} that Arthur’s father as well as his [[spoiler:fiancé/husband Patrick]] is also this. In his WeddingEpisode, “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone”, when the kids believe that he is marrying a woman named Patty, [[spoiler:(who is actually his older sister planning his wedding)]], they try to set him up with the librarian saying that there will be an exhibit on liverworts with chocolate and non-alcoholic champagne.

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* One of the AcceptableTargets in ''TabletopGame/HoylesRulesOfDragonPoker'', where the guide outlines rules for annoying anyone who complains about drinking.
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* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Bruce Wayne is a teetotaler in the comics (and most adaptations outside of comics, including the Nolan films). Though [[SecretIdentity his public persona]] is a borderline alcoholic.

* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica doesn't touch the stuff, though not for reasons of principle or lifestyle: thanks to the Super Soldier serum, Steve Rogers's system processes alcohol so efficiently that he literally can't get drunk.
* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': Jay Garrick, the original Flash, never touches any alcohol.
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': After recovering from his drunken fall from grace, Tony Stark abstained. However, it remains to see if it stuck after [[ComicBook/FearItself he sacrificed it to get Odin's attention]]. After his inversion in ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'', Tony started drinking again.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': After his extreme alcoholism resulted in the death of close friend Manitou Raven, Major Disaster [[DrivenToSuicide tried to kill himself]]. When that failed, he decided to get sober instead. He presumably stayed sober until his death during ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''.
* Joshua Carver of ''ComicBook/NoHero'' never drinks or smokes, and is a vegan.
* In ''ComicBook/TheOrder2007'', Henry Hellrung is a former drinking buddy of Tony Stark. After it ruined his acting career, he became a sober celebrity and ended up helping Stark get sober. He himself has been sober for at least two decades.

* In ''ComicBook/ResidentAlien'', the titular character, a stranded alien posing as a human doctor, is one of these, though his reasons aren't stated.
* Matthew from ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'', and he stopped drinking the hard way -- as in, he died while drunk-driving in his previous life.
* The title character ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' attempts at being this. However, his friends usually end up coercing him into drinking anyway, and he doesn't seem to enjoy it. It's slightly hinted that it's because [[spoiler:his dark side tends to manifest itself when he's drunk. While we never see or hear of him doing anything bad while drunk, it was his being drunk that led him to spark the argument between him and his then-girlfriend Natalie "Envy" Adams that causes the end of their already-shaky relationship (due to her usurping control of their band and changing it against the wishes of the others as well as she may have been cheating on him.]] It's also suggested that due to his NeverMyFault attitude and belief that he is the hero of his own story this is a lie he tells to make himself look better. Most of the time he doesn't drink simply because he can't afford to.
* When we are first introduced to Dwight in ''ComicBook/SinCity'', he abstains from alcohol, smoking, and all other personal indulgences. His narration and dialogue reveal that he used to be a heavy drinker and violent bar brawler before cleaning up his life, and he avoids temptation to prevent backsliding and letting "the monster" out. After he is sucked back into the violent Sin City world he resumes smoking but continues to avoid alcohol.
* Richie Gilmore, better known as Prodigy of the ComicBook/{{Slingers}}, became a drunk after his team fell apart, and ended up getting his ass handed to him by Iron Man as the first superhero to be arrested under the SHRA. He later got sober and apparently redeemed himself enough to be recruited to lead a team during the events of ''Fear Itself''.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Peter Parker never touched the stuff; in fact, in one episode, where he was tricked into drinking it, he proved a ''very'' serious case of CantHoldHisLiquor. In fact, after ComicBook/DoctorOctopus became the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan, one of the things that made Mary Jane suspicious of him when he claimed to be Peter was the fact that he was drinking.
* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' series ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'', when Charlie Kweskill passes out on his desk, Perry White wonders if he might be lapsing into an alcoholic coma, but his co-workers find it unlikely: Charlie hardly ''samples'' something stronger than herbal tea.
* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'', who holds himself up to Boy Scout-like standards -- making him the perfect foil for his companion [[TheAlcoholic Captain Haddock]]. (Tintin ''was'' [[IntoxicationEnsues shown drunk once or twice]], but never by his own fault -- one time, he and Haddock got locked in a room full of wine and were affected by the fumes, for instance.)
* In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', only three people on the ship aren't affected by Swerve's doped engex: [[NonActionGuy Rung]], Magnus, and [[spoiler:Brainstorm, the guy who doped it in the first place]]. Naturally, the culprit had something to counter Magnus in hand before pulling off his master plan. The one time Magnus does have actual booze, 1) [[HeroicComedicSociopath Whirl]] gave it to him as a prank, and 2) [[CantHoldHisLiquor it leaves him notably useless for a while]]. It's not clear whether he doesn't drink because he's a lightweight or if he's not used to it because he doesn't drink, [[spoiler:and it's anyone's guess whether his true form under the layers of PoweredArmour being tiny has any effect on his alcohol tolerance given that he is also a Point One Percenter]].

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* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Ami, as a teenager in a medieval Europe-based land, and ruling her own area, while also being able to manufacture anything she wants, she had ample opportunities to drink, but the only time she did, was to try to numb the pain of having been responsible for deaths, and that drinking led to her almost embarrassing herself, so she doesn't try drinking again.
* Severus Snape in ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3735743/1/The_Moment_It_Began The Moment It Began]]'', of the "drunken father" variety. Ironically, it's later ''him'' who attempts to initiate a night of pub-hopping with his now-recovering dad, [[WhatTheHellHero who calls him out on it.]]

* In the Literature/{{Discworld}}, Horst Lensen manages the family business in [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica Rimwards Howondaland]]. This is a vineyard, winery and distillery. Horst is the son of a man who died of alcoholic complications. As a result, he is very, very, abstemious, knowing his father died of a very big occupational hazard. He confines himself to the most minimal quality control of the family product and prefers this to be done by others.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'', Ralph observes that he's never seen Felix at Tapper's ([[FrothyMugsOfWater where people ORDER root beer but whose cabinet is the original bar version]]) before the events of the film. After Felix and Calhoun adopt the 15 gameless racers of ''Sugar Rush'', [[INeedAFreakingDrink the first night is an exception]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'', Tarzan doesn't drink the glass of wine Clayton hands him, though it's possible he didn't know what it was. This was done at the request of Edgar Rice Burroughs' estate; they allowed Tarzan to be shown holding a glass of alcohol as long as he didn't drink any of it. There is some FridgeBrilliance here, as to Tarzan the wine probably smelled like spoiled fruit (which is kind of what wine is).

* ''VisualNovel/FullService'': An ImpliedTrope with [[MrFanservice Tomoki]] and all of his LoveInterests. The only characters that are possibly depicted with something that might be alcohol is [[MrFanservice Lenga, Rald, and Remi, and even then it is only once, as seen in [[https://fullservice.fandom.com/wiki/Lenga_Valentine?file=Lenga_event_07.png the third image]], [[https://fullservice.fandom.com/wiki/Rald_Schwarz?file=Rald_Event_30.png in the eighteenth image]], and [[https://fullservice.fandom.com/wiki/Remi_Svensson?file=Remi_Event_13.png in the sixth image]]. The Protagonist, [[MrFanservice Sota, Kovit, Oki, Okan, Hisami,]] and all of the male [[FanserviceExtra fanservice extras]] are never mentioned or depicted drinking any alcohol.

* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Ami, as a teenager in a medieval Europe-based land, and ruling her own area, while also being able to manufacture anything she wants, she had ample opportunities to drink, but the only time she did, was to try to numb the pain of having been responsible for deaths, and that drinking led to her almost embarrassing herself, so she doesn't try drinking again.

* Stephanie (Batgirl) in ''Fanfic/MeetMeWhereYoureGoing'' pointedly avoids all intoxicating substances due to her mother's opioid addiction; she declines to drink in a club and refuses painkillers while Cass stitches a bullet wound.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/OldWest'', Rattlesnake Jake is portrayed as a downplayed example. He does drink sometimes, but never enough to get drunk. This is because he doesn't want to be ruined by alcohol like his [[DomesticAbuse abusive]] father was.

* [[Creator/RogerAllam Douglas Richardson]] in ''Radio/CabinPressure'' is revealed to be teetotal (a recovering alcoholic, eight years sober) at the end of the first series. He hides it to maintain his reputation as a work-hard-play-hard sky god, swapping whisky for apple juice or vodka for water as part of his elaborate schemes. As a ManChild, Arthur Shappey doesn't seem to drink either, although it doesn't appear to be a decision on his part so much as he doesn't see the point (told that, with the flight cancelled, they're allowed to drink wine, he says "Okay. But ''can'' I have pineapple juice?"). He apparently had a peach schnapps once, and was "terrifying".

* One of ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' Iconic Characters, Dai Blackthorn, is a teetotaler because he's a StreetUrchin and in his previous line of work, alcohol and other drugs were a liability that could get him killed as he often saw it happen to others.

* ''VideoGame/HouseParty'': Frank has an absolute zero tolerance of ''anybody'' consuming alcohol in his presence. He even says that it's his self-appointed mission to make sure nobody is getting hammered while ''he's'' around. It's actually possible to befriend him to the point that you can berate him so badly he'll [[RageQuit leave the party never to return]]... but it's ''far'' more satisfying to rally Patrick and your BFF to just kick the shit out of him. [[CatharsisFactor How's THAT goin', dude?]]

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* Gregor from ''WebAnimation/ThrillingIntent'' does not drink alcohol due to his values as an Outrider.

* Kittan of ''Webcomic/DoubleK'' ''was'' one of these. But a few panels of hanging out with Kamina, and a certain word starting with a p and rhyming with fussy changed that real quick.

* Gabe from ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' doesn't even take aspirin or those vitamin boosts at Jamba Juice, and was too nervous to take his prescribed anxiety medication. Compare to the often-drunken Tycho.
* Liam from ''Webcomic/TrippingOverYou'' staunchly refuses to drink alcohol, and at one point gets annoyed at his friend Hebert for repeatedly talking about "having a nip". This is because his mother Riva was an AlcoholicParent who drank herself to death.

* Simon Miller of ''WebVideo/WhatcultureWrestling'' is the local badass who, despite his tough-guy appearance, doesn't drink, presumably for reasons of health.

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* The trope image is an example of one of the many on-again-off-again attempts by the Soviet Union to discourage alcohol, showing a morally upright communist declining an offered drink. An often forgotten historical fact is that the Soviet Communist Party was initially a prohibitionist party, considering alcohol one of the tools by which the capitalists enslaved and controlled the workers and peasants and kept them in a drunken stupor. Alcoholism [[VodkaDrunkenski had a presence in Russian society]] long before the communists came to power, and the frankly half-hearted attempts by Soviet authorities to occasionally ban or even limit it were always ineffective and swiftly abandoned.
* Theoretically, [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} Muslims]], UsefulNotes/{{Mormon|ism}}s, UsefulNotes/{{Sikh|ism}}s, and members of certain other faiths are supposed to be teetotal.[[note]]Many early Mormons drank beer and wine, but it fell out of popularity during Prohibition. The Word of Wisdom simply ''recommends'' Mormons refrain from using "strong drink" (some also interpret this as caffeinated beverages) or tobacco.[[/note]] In practice, this varies widely, generally corresponding to the individual's general level of piety[[note]]Piety defined as following the official rules of the religion. It is not to be confused with faith, or sincerely believing in the tenets of the religion; people who have faith but are not pious often have justification for it, and even for those who don't... well, there's the old saying that [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue]], or in a phrase some might understand better, CatholicGuilt.[[/note]] and where they live.[[note]]Saudis especially and most other Arabs will vehemently refuse to touch the stuff, or at least would never let anyone know that they do. The notable exception is Iraq, which is 98% Muslim but where beer, wine, and whiskey are all popular among both Arab majority and the (still almost entirely Muslim) Kurdish minority alike. Turks are noted for having their own [[GargleBlaster strong drink.]] Indonesians are infamous for the sheer number of them who even make their own booze! And Albanians ''never'' had prohibitions on alcohol (but some draw the line at hard spirits).[[/note]] This can come as a shock to some, who are so used to the stereotype of Muslims and/or Mormons being DryCrusader teetotal fanatics that the sight of an otherwise perfectly sincere and decent Muslim or Mormon casually tippling has been noted to set their minds on end.
* The pirate Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts had a reputation as a Teetotaler, but given [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy the time and place]] in which he lived, "Teetotaler" was a relative term. The average 18th-Century pirate would piss away entire fortunes on women and booze at the nearest opportunity, and Black Bart was one of the few who didn't. "Teetotal" could mean anything from "never drinks," to "enjoys the occasional beer but doesn't drink away his life savings once a week." [[note]] It is worth remembering that during this era, alcohol also served as a way to make water safer to drink due to its nature as a sterilizer. So not touching anything with alcohol wasn't always the practical or safe route. Therefore, Roberts may have, in effect, only restricted himself from recreational drinking. The contemporary historians, though, insisted he drank tea onboard. This makes sense, as teawater is also boiled, killing all germs in the process, when brewing tea.[[/note]]
* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler was, at one time, a very dedicated smoker (and drinker), and grew to find the habit disgusting. After his entrance into politics, he drank very little, stopped at the first glass of champagne or low-alcohol beer. Although his teetotalism, like his vegetarianism, is probably at least partly due to his growing gastrointestinal problems. The Nazi Party advocated teetotalism for that reason (though most Germans didn't listen, Germany being famous for its beer).
* 26th President of the United States UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt was a Teetotaler. His drink of choice was coffee, of which he was rumored to have drunk [[MustHaveCaffeine at least a gallon a day]].
* Former President UsefulNotes/BillClinton wrote in his memoirs that he got to sample many types of alcoholic beverages as a young man but that he quickly developed an allergy to alcohol that prevents him from being able to take more than a few sips. The only alcoholic beverage he is physically able to tolerate is vodka, but he doesn't like it so he doesn't indulge.
* Former President UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush is in recovery, having been decades ago TheAlcoholic and become the trope after experiencing all the evils of hard drinking on himself (including him being arrested for [=DUI=]).
* Former President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump claims he does not drink due to his older brother dying at age 42 of complications from alcoholism, which legitimately scared him off. That didn't stop him from launching his own brand of vodka among his various business ventures, though.
* President UsefulNotes/JoeBiden has a family with a history of alcohol problems, so he swore off it completely.
* Creator/RichardEGrant. [[IronyAsSheIsCast Ironically]], he was cast as the alcoholic Withnail in ''Film/WithnailAndI''. The director got him to [[MethodActing go on a drinking binge once to better understand the character]]. Grant reportedly found it "deeply unpleasant". His body has an intolerance of alcohol, having no enzymes in the blood to metabolize it. If he does drink alcohol, he can keep it down for 10 minutes and is then violently sick for 24 hours afterward.
* Possible TropeCodifier: Wyatt Earp was known for drinking tea instead of alcohol. This obviously gave him a useful advantage in reaction time when breaking up (the perpetrators of) barfights.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel Hans-Ulrich Rudel]], [[AcePilot Stuka bomber pilot]] and quite possibly the most [[PersonOfMassDestruction destructive]] man ever, abstained from both drinking and smoking. There was a slur in the Luftwaffe: ''Hans-Ulrich Rudel, er trinkt nur Sprudel'' ("Hans Ulrich Rudel, he drinks only carbonated mineral water")
* Creator/FriedrichNietzsche saw alcoholism as a method of escaping from reality, which was also the basis on which he rejected religion and mysticism.
* [[Music/{{KISS}} Gene Simmons]] states that the reason that he's such a successful rock star was that he never drinks and never does drugs.
* [[Music/{{ACDC}} Angus Young]]. And it's just as well, given the stage antics he routinely pulls off even as he's approaching his 60s. Contrast with his brother Malcolm, who had to go to rehab for his drinking.
* Creator/RussellBrand used to be an alcoholic and a drug addict. He eventually cleaned up and became a teetotaler.
* Josh Ramsay of Music/MarianasTrench abstains from alcohol, due to his "dark and troubled past."
* [[LetsPlay Let's Player]] LetsPlay/{{Raocow}} is straight-edge. [[TalkativeLoon Not that it's possible to tell.]]
* Creator/KathyGriffin proudly claims to be one of these, as her response to growing up in a house with many alcoholics when she was a child.
* Contrary to [[TheAlcoholic his portrayal]] in ''Film/{{Zulu}}'', Sgt. [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Henry Hook]] was noted as a teetotaler and model soldier. However, after the [[UsefulNotes/AngloZuluWar Battle of Rorke's Drift]], he [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness stunned his companions by getting in line for the grog ration]]. "After all that," he explained, "[[INeedAFreakingDrink I feel I need a little something]]."
* From Creator/RoosterTeeth's Creator/AchievementHunter, Creator/RayNarvaezJr, which makes him pretty much the only person who doesn't drink in the entire company. Keep in mind that the company's podcast used to be called ''Drunk Tank''. From what he's said on the subject, it's neither a moral standard nor a fear of addiction; he just doesn't like alcohol much. Currently the list of known current teetotalers who worked for the whole production company stands at three people: Creator/MontyOum, Ryan Haywood, and the aforementioned Ray.
* Creator/DanCastellaneta, in contrast to Homer Simpson.
* Arin Hanson, a.k.a. Creator/{{Egoraptor}} has stated several times that he doesn't drink.
* LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} became one after he learned that he had to give up alcohol because [[https://youtu.be/wPjr8sT9t8E?t=462 his body was unable to break down alcohol properly, and that if he did drink, he could die.]] Mark assured his fans that he was perfectly fine with his diagnosis. He very rarely drinks now but has to take a pill first.
* Creator/DanielRadcliffe became one of these after struggling with alcohol abuse during the later ''Film/HarryPotter'' films.
* [[UsefulNotes/TheMexicanRevolution Mexican revolutionary]] Pancho Villa never drank alcohol, and was known for [[RealMenWearPink loving strawberry milkshakes]] instead.
* Website/{{Cracked}} columnist John Cheese was once an alcoholic but swore off it after his doctor told him he'd be dead by forty if he kept drinking. He has written several moving pieces about his experiences.
* [[Creator/PennAndTeller Penn Jillette]] says he has never had a drop of alcohol, having made the decision not to indulge as a youth. He doesn't even allow alcohol into his home, which caused an embarrassing conflict at a dinner party with his good friend Christopher Hitchens, who carried a bottle of liquor with him at all times. Hitchen ended up leaving the bottle at Penn's porch, spent a delightful evening with Penn and his family, left and picked up the flask, took exactly one step away from the grounds "and casually, without proving a point or checking if [Penn] was even watching him, drank one third of the bottle in one gulp."
* Creator/BobcatGoldthwait said he hasn't had a drink since he was 19.
* [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Fred Rogers]].
* Creator/JMichaelStraczynski's family history contains a ''lot'' of alcohol abuse. Seeing what it did to his family convinced him to swear off it himself. His experiences eventually led him to write these tendencies into the character of [[Series/BabylonFive Mr. Garibaldi]] (above).
* Hip-hop Artist Music/{{Macklemore}}, recovering alcoholic whose strongest vice is now hard candy.
* ''Tyler the Creator''
* Stand-up comedian [[Series/TheDrewCareyShow Craig]] [[Series/TheLateLateShow Ferguson]] proudly proclaims that he's abstained from drinking alcohol for more than twenty years.
* Stand-up veteran [[Creator/GeorgeCarlin George Carlin]] was a stoner since a fairly young age, and did drink quite regularly as well. He becomes a teetotaler in his later years when the alcohol and painkillers were starting to take a toll on his health, although he confessed to sparking up when it came time to punch up his stand-up routines.
* Music/HenryRollins has been a card-carrying UsefulNotes/StraightEdge his entire life. This more than likely factored into his distinctive muscular physique, which was very unusual for a punk rocker of his era.
* Voice actor Creator/MauriceLaMarche has been clean and sober for over two decades now.
* Music/{{Aerosmith}} were one of the industry's most notorious alcoholics/drug abusers in the past, but their contract rider now prohibits alcohol backstage.
* Creator/HPLovecraft. His short story "Old Bugs" is a comedic parody of heavy-handed anti-drinking screeds.
* Advice columnist Dr. Robert Wallace, the longtime author of "'Tween 12 and 20" (an advice column distributed by Creators Syndicate, and aimed at teenagers and young adults) is an ardent proponent of teetotalism. Many of his letters are about alcohol use and abuse, to which Wallace will invariably reply that there is no redeeming value (social or otherwise) in alcohol use and that alcohol exists only to create major problems and destroy lives.
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic rarely drinks and generally limits himself to one cocktail a month. That didn't stop him from treating friends to homemade margaritas. He says he has never even tried recreational drugs out of respect for his parents and once turned down a multimillion-dollar offer to make beer commercials due to his young, impressionable fanbase and because one of his ''Film/{{UHF}}'' costars was killed by a drunk driver.
* Voice and stage actor Creator/ChrisAyres is allergic to alcohol but never had much interest in it anyway.
* Farin Urlaub, guitarist and co-singer of Music/DieArzte is a teetotaler, doesn't smoke, and eats no meat. This is in strong contrast to drummer and co-singer Bela B. who has tried out quite a few substances during the course of his career.
* UsefulNotes/RichardFeynman became one during his time in Brazil when he walked past a bar and had a nearly irrestible urge for a drink despite only considering himself a social drinker. The idea that alcohol had such a hold on his brain, and the impairment that came with led him to never touch alcohol again for the rest of his life.
* Music/FrankZappa was this. He especially hated beer, which he saw as a symbol for rednecks and boring middle-class culture. He also famously called out the American Counterculture of the late 1960s for being more interested in getting baked than changing society.
* [[Creator/MarxBrothers Harpo Marx]] was a teetotaler and confessed in his autobiography ''Harpo Speaks!'' that he never cared for the stuff.
* UsefulNotes/CarolusRex abstained from alcohol, which was quite rare at the time but consistent with his ascetic lifestyle (he also abstained from sex and is widely suspected to have been asexual).
* Angelo Siciliano, AKA [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Charles Atlas]], was a lifelong teetotaler who preached against drinking alcohol, coffee, and tea.
* After a long struggle with alcoholism, Creator/BillyConnolly gave up drinking on 30 December 1985 and has been teetotal ever since.
* Like his life-long best friend, the aforementioned Henry Rollins, Ian [=MacKaye=] of Music/MinorThreat and Music/{{Fugazi}} has been clean and sober his entire life. Fitting as he is, in fact, the TropeNamer ''and'' TropeMaker for UsefulNotes/StraightEdge.
* Creator/AnthonyHopkins has been a teetotaler since 1975. According to him, the inciting incident was when he woke up in a hotel room in the United States [[WhatDidIDoLastNight with no idea how he'd gotten there]], having somehow ''switched continents'' while drunk; he gave up alcohol on the spot.
* Creator/GillianJacobs has never had a drop of alcohol in her life; ironically, she's often cast as characters who are anything but this trope.
* Creator/LeeMack became a teetotaler after developing a distaste for how much of a central role alcohol plays in British social life. This became reflected in ''Series/NotGoingOut'' as his character switched to hanging out in cafes rather than pubs. He even exercised his ownership control over the show by prohibiting commercial broadcasters from running adverts for alcoholic beverages alongside reruns.
* [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] is of the recovering alcoholic variety, having quit drinking (and drugs) after a second stint in rehab in 2001. Bandmate and longtime creative partner Atticus Ross has also mentioned being one of these (minus the history of alcoholism), talking in an interview about him and Trent attending the Golden Globe Awards and finding that they were the only ones there not treating it like a party and drinking.
* Creator/HarlanEllison didn't drink or or use hard drugs, though he did smoke a pipe for a while. Many people who attended science fiction conventions in the late sixties and early seventies remember him smelling so strongly of pot you could get high standing next to him.
* Members of '80s [[HairMetal hair metal band]] Music/TwistedSister didn't drink, smoke, use drugs or gamble.
* [[RussianFilms Soviet actor]] Georgy Vitsin constantly played drunks, and in life he was a sub, that is, he did not drink a drop of even the weakest alcohol (the characteristic signs of "like drunkenness" on his face were caused by vascular reactions). The only exception was the shooting of the [[Film/KidnappingCaucasianStyle "Caucasian Captive"]]: the infusion of rosehip, which was poured into a mug at the insistence of the actor, categorically refused to foam and was not like beer at all. As a result, Vitsin had to take a sip of real beer in the frame (Gaidai, for the sake of realism, demanded that the character in the frame really drink a sip, and not "just touch his lips").
* [[{{Irony}} Ironically]], the famous 1920s rum runner William [=McCoy=] (whose consistently high-quality product was the origin of the figure of speech "The Real [=McCoy=]") didn't drink alcohol of any kind. However, he believed people should have the freedom of choosing whether to drink or not, and thus disapproved of Prohibition.
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* Eddie in ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'', though it only gets mentioned once in passing. If you talk to him during the Fanon party sidequest, he’ll comment on the lack of non-alcoholic drinks being served, and decide to just go thirsty instead.
* PlayerCharacter of ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', V, can be played this way. Whenever the game offers you alcohol, you can either abstain or ask for water or lemonade. Just be prepared that, due to the [[ViceCity setting]], other characters will likely scoff or laugh if you choose to do so.
* Xenon of ''VideoGame/CytusII'' does not drink alcohol. His friend Joe is a bartender, and he often spends time at his bar, but he only ever orders milk.
* A hero in ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' with the Resolution quirk will absolutely refuse to go to the bar for stress relief. It's considered a negative quirk, though one of the mildest ones.
* Jackie Estacado, a.k.a. ''VideoGame/TheDarkness,'' doesn't drink alcohol. And honestly, are you gonna [[BullyingADragon rag on him for it?]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': An ImpliedTrope as all of the [[MrFanservice Chocobros]] are at least twenty years old, which is the legal age when one can purchase and drink alcohol in Japan, yet the the only drinks that appear are water, coffee, and energy drinks. There is an anniversary artwork with [[WalkingShirtlessScene Gladio]] holding a champagne bottle and four glasses, but whether this could be considered {{Canon}} or not is unknown. In addition, while most [[MagicPotion magic potions]] are made from energy drinks that Noctis turns into either a HealinPotion or a ManaPotion, the Maiden’s Kiss and Remedy are made of a fancy fruit drink and.
* Diluc of ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' is, ironically, a winery and bar owner who hates alcohol. He has no problem whatsoever with ''selling it to other people'', but he won't touch the stuff himself. He prefers a glass of completely unfermented grape juice.
* Frank of ''VideoGame/HouseParty'' has an absolute zero tolerance of ''anybody'' consuming alcohol in his presence. He even says that it's his self-appointed mission to make sure nobody is getting hammered while ''he's'' around. It's actually possible to befriend him to the point that you can berate him so badly he'll [[RageQuit leave the party never to return]]... but it's ''far'' more satisfying to rally Patrick and your BFF to just kick the shit out of him. [[CatharsisFactor How's THAT goin', dude?]]
* A lifestyle choice in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing''. Choosing to be incarnated as a teetotaler will block your ability to drink alcoholic beverages for the entire run in favor of a greater ability to consume food (which you can unlock halfway in the run). There's also the "boozetafarian" path, which is this reversed, meaning that you may not consume food, while alcohol is completely fine, and finally the oxygenarian run, in which you may consume ''neither'', although you can consume things that don't count as food (these are called spleen items and like the prior two, you have a limit of consumption and in this run, a way to consume more spleen items). Needless to say, the oxygenarian run yields greater rewards than either two, but it is not advised unless one has the means to access adventure-producing spleen items (i.e. familiars).
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' gives us [[CulturedBadass Hein]] in its 14th installment. His "Dislike", according to his bio, is exactly this.

* This is Houston's character trait in ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2''. It's stated that Houston prefers root beer after a heist so that he can stay sharp for the next job.
* Just like the page quote says, the Kerrek in ''VideoGame/PeasantsQuest'' is a teetotaller and, if you follow Strong Bad's example and offer to buy him a Cold One, he'll get cheesed off and start moving faster to [[OneHitKill pound you into the ground]].
* In ''VideoGame/PinkPantherPassportToPeril'', Pink states that "cartoon characters don't drink" when the bartender at the Mucky Duck attempts to take his order. In the sequel, ''VideoGame/PinkPantherHokusPokusPink'', he brings this up again when a tour guide gives Pink a bottle of champagne to thank him for his help. Pink ends up trading the bottle for a liver.
* Blaise in ''VideoGame/RuneFactory3'' openly hates alcohol. Apparently [[NoodleIncident something happened when he had "a glass of wine at a party", but he doesn't remember and no one will tell you what!]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Slammed}}'': The PC has a strict "no drinking" policy, after their drinking and driving resulted in an accident that mangled one of their friends' legs and emotionally scarred another.

* Lotton and Claude in ''Manga/BlackLagoon''. The former because of allergies and the latter for religious reasons.
* ''Manga/GrandBlue'': While normally the members of Peek-a-Boo are the [[InvertedTrope oppo]][[TheAlcoholic site]] of the trope, all club members who are going to participate in the club’s diving activities are required to remain sober beforehand due to the dangers of diving while drunk.
* Ogami Itto in ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'' does not drink, and always declines when he is offered Sake. [[ProperlyParanoid After all, he has a legion of Assassins on his tail so he needs to stay alert. How does he know it's not poison?]]
* Lucoa from ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' swore off alcohol for hundreds of years as penance for [[BrotherSisterIncest a certain incident with her sister]]. That said, she is occasionally seen drinking in the present.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'': As a result of the FrothyMugsOfWater trope being applied in the American dub of [[spoiler:his wedding]], Professor Kukui is commonly depicted as not only this trope but also a big fan of orange flavored soft drinks and possibly even attended Naranja Academy in the [[FictionalCountry Paldea region]].
* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': Akira has sworn to never take a sip of alcohol after watching it destroy people while growing up in the slums. To him, getting drunk would be nothing but an unnecessary survival risk that would disrupt his connection to Alpha and his augmented suit.
* Hajime Saitou from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' refuses alcohol when offered, claiming that he's stopped drinking since his killing instincts rose when he was drunk and has switched to cigarettes. Possibly a nod to the real Saitou, who was apparently a drinker (who eventually died from a stomach disorder caused by his drinking) as well as a tough shinsengumi captain.
* ''Manga/Zom100BucketListOfTheDead'': While sadly the main character Akira nor his BestFriend Kencho are this trope, ([[ThereAreNoTherapists sadly]]), Akira’s downstairs neighbors reveal that they are this trope, stating that they don’t allow alcohol into their home, when Akira offers to bring them back supplies.

* Qrow Branwen of ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'' goes from TheAlcoholic to this at the end of Volume Six, after a few heavy [[DrowningMySorrows despair-fuelled drinking binges]] -- combined with copious disapproval from Ruby - make him realize that he's slipping further away from the "functional" part of FunctionalAddict.

* The trope image is an example of one of the many on-again-off-again attempts by the Soviet Union to discourage alcohol, showing a morally upright communist declining an offered drink. An often forgotten historical fact is that the Soviet Communist Party was initially a prohibitionist party, considering alcohol one of the tools by which the capitalists enslaved and controlled the workers and peasants and kept them in a drunken stupor. Alcoholism had a presence in Russian society long before the communists came to power, and the frankly half-hearted attempts by Soviet authorities to occasionally ban or even limit it were always ineffective and swiftly abandoned.

* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler was, at one time, a very dedicated smoker (and drinker), and grew to find the habit disgusting. After his entrance into politics, he drank very little, stopped at the first glass of champagne or low-alcohol beer. Although his teetotalism, like his vegetarianism, is probably due to his growing gastrointestinal problems. The Nazi Party advocated teetotalism for that reason (though most Germans didn't listen, Germany being famous for its beer).
* 26th President of the United States UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt was a Teetotaler. His drink of choice was coffee which he was rumored to have drunk [[MustHaveCaffeine at least a gallon a day.]]

* Creator/RichardEGrant. Ironically, he was cast as the alcoholic Withnail in ''Film/WithnailAndI''. The director got him to go on a drinking binge once to better understand the character. Grant reportedly found it "deeply unpleasant". His body has an intolerance of alcohol, having no enzymes in the blood to metabolize it. If he does drink alcohol, he can keep it down for 10 minutes and is then violently sick for 24 hours afterward.

* Pancho Villa.

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic rarely drinks and generally limits himself to one cocktail a month. That didn't stop him from treating friends to homemade margaritas. He says he has never even tried recreational drugs out of respect for his parents and once turned down a multimillion-dollar offer to make beer commercials due to his young, impressionable fanbase and because one of his ''UHF'' costars was killed by a drunk driver.

* Music/FrankZappa was this. He especially hated beer, which he saw as a symbol for Rednecks and boring middle-class culture. He also famously called out the American Counterculture of the late 1960s for being more interested in getting baked than changing society.

* UsefulNotes/CarolusRex abstained from alcohol, which was quite rare at the time.

* In ''Literature/RebuildWorld'', Akira has sworn to never take a sip of alcohol after watching it destroy people while growing up in the slums. To him, getting drunk would be nothing but an unnecessary survival risk that would disrupt his connection to Alpha and his augmented suit.

* In ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'', Akira has sworn to never take a sip of alcohol after watching it destroy people while growing up in the slums. To him, getting drunk would be nothing but an unnecessary survival risk that would disrupt his connection to Alpha and his augmented suit.

** Seven refrains from drinking, save for the very rare sip of champagne for special occasions, due to the fact that his mother was [[AbusiveParents a physically abusive, emotionally volatile,]] [[AlcoholicParent raging alcoholic.]]

* In the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' novel ''The Gatekeepr Trilogy: Ghost Roads'', fisherman Andy Hinchenberger's ex-fiancee made him quit drinking anything stronger than root beer. Even after they broke up, he found that being sober and clearheaded was something he wanted to continue.