> Alcoholics love to normalize their behavior

This!!

I personally don't drink, nor do i advocate those i meet not to drink because that isn't my job. Flip side when i go out with a group, they often advocate that i drink?

I've had a few people tell me i am odd for not drinking, getting drunk is "fun" and i should try it sometime, etc.

This is just cultural norms at work. I guess you can see this as "alcoholics normalizing their behavior" if you think everyone who drinks is an alcoholic. I get similar comments when I say I don't like chocolate. My son gets flak (including from me!) because he doesn't eat pizza.

If you lived in a teetotaler culture, you would experience exactly the opposite (strange looks/comments for drinking a beer), or possibly worse (since many teetotaler cultures see drinking as a punishable offense).

I dont think of them as "alcoholics".. But the aspect of them normalizing their behaviour is spot on.

This "cultural norms at work" drinking has followed me across 5 companies and two countries.