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Yesterday, I was at my pediatricians taking one of my children to the pediatrician and

my pediatrician went to University of Florida and was in a fraternity and actually has

never drank.

And I said, how did you deal with fraternity parties in a fraternity setting while not drinking?

And he said, I was a designated driver and I earned a ton of money doing it.

And I thought that was brilliant.

And he said, yeah, I just never, like if you actually taste beer or wine or anything,

it doesn't taste good.

You have to acquire a taste for it.

And he's like, I just didn't want to acquire a taste for it because I knew I didn't

like the way it made me feel, I didn't like feeling out of control.

So I thought that was fascinating and my daughter wants to join a sorority in college and

I'm very nervous because I, of course, researched, you know, how do we launch our children

off into the world as non-drinkers and non-drug users, but put them in settings where that's

like very the social norm.

And so, of course, I was researching that and it was just so encouraging to hear this

grown man who's very successful owns his own practice is a doctor who made it through

college in a very, I mean, UF has a lot of fraternities without using.

I think that offers a ton of hope.

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