<P> A number of Christian denominations also forbid the consumption of alcohol, including the Amish, Seventh - day Adventists, Mennonites (both Old Order and Conservative), Church of the Brethren members, and Christian Scientists . Many Christian groups, such as Methodists, Mormons, and Quakers, are often associated with teetotalism due to their traditionally strong support for temperance movements and prohibition . However, tenets forbidding the consumption of alcohol are variably practiced . In many Christian denominations, abstinence is not a religious requirement, but the tradition is strong enough to make ritual and recreational alcohol consumption a controversial issue among members . Members of the Salvation Army make a promise on joining the movement to observe lifelong abstinence from alcohol . The Catholic Church, Orthodox churches, and Anglicanism all require wine in their central religious rite of the eucharist, and while many Protestant churches often allow grape juice or alcohol - free wine in their communion services, only a few Protestants require a non-alcoholic beverage as official policy . (See Christianity and alcohol .) </P> <P> Several authors have conducted research looking at the social and subjective experiences of young people who do not drink alcohol in varied social settings . For example, Dominic Conroy and Richard de Visser published research in Psychology and Health which hinted at the types of strategies involved in refusing alcoholic drinks or explaining reasons for non-drinking . </P> <P> Caroline H. McClave published a comparison of 3 studies entitled Asexuality as a Spectrum: A National Probability Sample Comparison to the Sexual Community in the UK which studied asexual people and gray asexual people in comparison to those who are not on the spectrum of that sexual orientation . All three of the studies that were compared found that asexuals and gray - asexuals drank significantly less than the people not in those categories, and also more people with those sexual orientations abstaining from drinking altogether . </P> <P> A 2015 study by the Office for National Statistics showed that young Britons were more likely to be teetotallers than their parents . </P>

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