You don’t need to know why someone isn’t drinking - to respect their no.

If somebody says no to a l'chaim, do not offer them a second one. Period. End of story. See, I'm actually glad that you brought it up. It's an important topic and although it's not the main focus of our discussion, people should know that so many individuals in our community and anywhere in the world are struggling with addiction. And they may be in recovery, they may be have been clean for years and they have grown children at home, parents, grandparents, siblings, spouses who are terrified that they're going [music] to fall off the wagon, God forbid, and get right back into the terrible hole they were in when they were addicted to alcohol. So, when people see others in their peer group and say, "Hey, come on over, have a drink. What's the matter? Something wrong with you? You're a wuss." That really could break someone's will when it could have taken [music] years, hundreds of thousands of dollars, and sleepless nights for everyone around this person. Yeah. Trust me, none of us want to be in that position where we, God forbid, can harm somebody's sobriety. It's just such a terrible thing to even contemplate. So, let's be mindful. Let's enjoy ourselves, but please see to it that you don't ply alcohol on people or encourage other people to drink. You never, ever, ever know what someone else is dealing with.