{{Short description|Avoidance of the consumption of alcohol}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} thumb|upright=1.35|Share of over-fifteen-year-old population that reportedly have never drunk alcohol (interactive version). Global average is 45%. thumb|upright=1.35|Data for 2010 showing share of over-fifteen-year-old population that did not consume alcohol in the preceding year (interactive version).
'''Teetotalism''' is the practice of voluntarily abstaining from the consumption of alcohol. A person who practices (and possibly advocates) teetotalism is known as a '''teetotaler''' and is said to be '''teetotal'''. Globally, in 2016, 57% of adults did not drink alcohol in the past year, and 44.5% had never consumed alcohol.<ref name="WHO">{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/9789241565639|title=Global status report on alcohol and health 2018|work=World Health Organization}}</ref> A number of temperance organisations have been founded to promote teetotalism and provide spaces for nondrinkers to socialise.
Teetotalism is found as an aspect of religious practice in Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Sikhism, and in some forms of Christianity. Other common reasons for choosing teetotalism are psychological, health, medical, philosophical, social, political, past alcoholism, or simply preference.
==Etymology== According to the ''Online Etymology Dictionary'', the ''tee-'' in ''teetotal'' is the letter T, so it is actually ''t-total'', though it was never spelled that way.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=t&p=5|title=Online Etymology Dictionary – T, page 5|access-date=30 April 2007}}</ref> The word is first recorded in 1832 in a general sense in an American source, and in 1833 in England in the context of abstinence. Since at first it was used in other contexts as an emphasised form of ''total'', the ''tee-'' is presumably a reduplication of the first letter of ''total'', much as contemporary idiom might say "total with a capital T".<ref name="MR">{{cite web|last1=Kruth|first1=Rebecca|last2=Curzan|first2=Anne|date=22 September 2019|title=TWTS: Why "teetotaler" has nothing to do with tea|url=https://www.michiganradio.org/post/twts-why-teetotaler-has-nothing-do-tea|access-date=21 May 2021|work=Michigan Radio}}</ref>
The teetotalism movement first started in Preston, Lancashire, England, in the early 19th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://byutv.org/watch/801-207 |title=BYUtv – Road to Zion: British Isles: Part One |access-date=15 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211095420/http://www.byutv.org/watch/801-207/ |archive-date=11 February 2011 }}</ref> The Preston Temperance Society was founded in 1833 by Joseph Livesey, who was to become a leader of the temperance movement and the author of ''The Pledge'': "We agree to abstain from all liquors of an intoxicating quality whether ale, porter, wine, or ardent spirits, except as medicine."<ref name="Gotham">{{cite book|last1=Gately|first1=Iain|title=Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol|date=May 2009|publisher=Gotham Books|location=New York|isbn=978-1-592-40464-3|page=248}}</ref> Today, a number of temperance organisations exist that promote teetotalism as a virtue.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cox |first1=David J. |last2=Stevenson |first2=Kim |last3=Harris |first3=Candida |last4=Rowbotham |first4=Judith |title=Public Indecency in England 1857–1960: 'A Serious and Growing Evil' |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-57383-8 |page=164 |date=12 June 2015}}</ref>
Richard Turner, a member of the Preston Temperance Society, is credited with using the existing slang word ''teetotally'' for abstinence from all intoxicating liquors.<ref name="MR"/> One anecdote describes a meeting of the society in 1833, at which Turner in giving a speech said, "I'll be reet down out-and-out t-t-total for ever and ever."<ref name="Gotham"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Quinion|first=Michael|title=Teetotal|url=http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-tee1.htm|work=World wide words|access-date=22 April 2012}}</ref> Walter William Skeat noted that the Turner anecdote had been recorded by the temperance advocate Joseph Livesey, and posited that the term may have been inspired by the teetotum;<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/anetymologicald01skeagoog/page/n861|title=An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language|author= Walter William Skeat|publisher=Clarendon Press|year=1893|page=861}}</ref> however, James B. Greenough stated that "nobody ever thought ''teetotum'' and ''teetotaler'' were etymologically connected."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://arrow.latrobe.edu.au/store/3/4/5/9/3/public/B13517843.pdf|title=Words and Their Ways|author=James B. Greenough|year=1902}}</ref>
A variation on the above account is found on the pages of ''The Charleston Observer'': {{cquote|''Teetotalers''.—The origin of this convenient word, (as convenient almost, although not so general in its application as ''loafer'',) is, we imagine, known but to few who use it. It originated, as we learn from the Landmark, with a man named Turner, a member of the Preston Temperance Society, who, having an impediment of speech, in addressing a meeting remarked, that partial abstinence from intoxicating liquors would not do; they must insist upon tee-tee-(stammering) tee total abstinence. Hence total abstainers have been called ''teetotalers.''<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=The Charleston Observer|title=Teetotalers|volume=10|issue=44|date=29 October 1836|page=174}}</ref>}}
According to the historian Daniel Walker Howe, the term was derived from the practice of the American preacher and temperance advocate Lyman Beecher. He would take names at his meetings of people who pledged alcoholic temperance and noted those who pledged total abstinence with a T. Such persons became known as ''Teetotallers''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Howe |first1=Daniel Walker |title=What hath God wrought: the transformation of America, 1815-1848 |date=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-19-507894-7}}</ref>{{page needed|date=January 2026}}
==Reasons== [[File:Zero alcool pendant la grossesse.svg|thumb|upright|A label promoting no alcohol during pregnancy]] {{see|Long-term effects of alcohol}}
Some common reasons for choosing teetotalism are psychological, religious, health,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/news/a40745/health-benefits-give-up-drinking-alcohol/|title=6 great things that happen to your body when you give up drinking|work=Cosmopolitan|date=20 January 2016|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref> medical, philosophical, social, political, past alcoholism or simply preference.
== Practice == When at drinking establishments and restaurants, teetotallers tend to consume non-alcoholic beverages such as water, juice, tea, coffee, soft drinks, non-alcoholic mixed drinks, alcohol-free beer, and other non-alcoholic beverages.
A number of temperance organisations have been founded to promote teetotalism and provide spaces for nondrinkers to socialise.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blocker |first1=Jack S. |title=Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia |date=2003 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-576-07833-4 |page=165 }}</ref> Most teetotaller organisations also demand from their members that they do not promote or produce alcoholic intoxicants.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hanson |first1=David J. |title=Anti-Alcohol Industry 101: Overview of the Neo-Temperance Movement |url=https://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/anti-alcohol-industry-101-overview-of-the-neo-temperance-movement/ |website=Alcohol Problems and Solutions |date=14 August 2019 |access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lawson |first1=Wilfrid |title=Prohibition in England |journal=The North American Review |date=August 1893 |volume=157 |issue=441 |page=152 |jstor=25103180 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25103180 |access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref>
==Religions== {{main|Religion and alcohol}} thumbnail|upright=1.2|An allegorical map on temperance, accompanied by a poem. The "Religion Channel" was a strong current away from "Misery Regions" and the "Reprobate Empire", 1846.
===Christianity=== {{see|Christian views on alcohol}}
Some Christians choose to practice teetotalism throughout the Lent season, giving up alcoholic beverages as their Lenten sacrifice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Drink less this Lent |url=https://www.pioneerassociation.ie/media-centre/43-drink-less-this-lent |publisher=Pioneer Total Abstinence Association |access-date=17 March 2019 |date=22 February 2009 |archive-date=16 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116094525/http://pioneerassociation.ie/media-centre/43-drink-less-this-lent |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gilbert |first1=Kathy L. |title=Could you go alcohol-free for Lent? |url=https://www.umnews.org/en/news/could-you-go-alcohol-free-for-lent |publisher=United Methodist News Service |access-date=17 March 2019 |date=21 February 2012}}</ref>
A number of Christian denominations forbid the consumption of alcohol, or recommend the non-consumption thereof, including certain Anabaptist denominations such as the Mennonites (both Old Order Mennonites and Conservative Mennonites), Church of the Brethren, Beachy Amish and New Order Amish. Many Christian groups, such as Methodists (especially those aligned with the Holiness movement) and Quakers (particularly the Conservative Friends and Holiness Friends), are often associated with teetotalism due to their traditionally strong support for temperance movements, as well as prohibition. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Seventh-day Adventists, and Holiness Pentecostals also preach abstinence from alcohol and other drugs.{{cn|date=January 2026}}
Conservative Anabaptist denominations of Christianity proscribe the use of alcohol and other drugs.<ref name="DBC2021">{{cite book |title=Dunkard Brethren Church Polity |date=1 November 2021 |publisher=Dunkard Brethren Church |pages=8–9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Statement of Faith and Practice |date=2012 |publisher=Salem Amish Mennonite Church |location=Bakersville |page=8 }}</ref> The following teaching of the Dunkard Brethren Church is reflective of Conservative Anabaptism: {{blockquote|Members of the Dunkard Brethren Church shall abstain from the use of intoxicating or addictive substances, such as narcotics, nicotine, marijuana, or alcoholic beverages (except as directed by a physician). Using, raising, manufacturing, buying or selling them by Christians is inconsistent with the Christian lifestyle and testimony. Members of the Dunkard Brethren Church who do so should be counseled in love and forbearance. If they manifest an unwilling or arbitrary spirit, they subject themselves to the discipline of the church, even to expulsion in extreme cases. We implore members to accept the advice and counsel of the church and abstain from all of the above. Since members are to be examples to the world (Romans 14:20–21), indulgence in any of these activities disqualifies then for Church or Sunday School work or as delegates to District or General Conference.<ref name="DBC2021"/>}}
The temperance movement gained early support from Methodists. The British Methodist Church historically promoted teetotalism; since the 1970s, it has encouraged members to consider abstinence from alcohol, but does allow responsible drinking.<ref>{{cite web |title=Temperance |url=https://www.methodistheritage.org.uk/methodist-history/social-justice/temperance/ |website=Methodist Heritage |publisher=Methodist Church in Britain |access-date=18 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> The Church of the Nazarene and Wesleyan Methodist Church, both denominations in the Wesleyan tradition, teach abstinence.<ref>{{cite book | last=Eastlack | first=Anita | publisher=Wesleyan Publishing House | title=The discipline of the Wesleyan Church 2016. | location=Indianapolis, Indiana | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-632-57198-4 | oclc=1080251593|url=https://wesleyan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2016%20Discipline%20of%20The%20Wesleyan%20Church%20%281%29.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Manual 2017-2021|url=http://www.nazarene.org/sites/default/files/docs/GenSec/Manual/2017%20-2021%20Manual|publisher=Church of the Nazarene|access-date=27 April 2018|archive-date=31 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831220223/http://www.nazarene.org/sites/default/files/docs/GenSec/Manual/2017%20-2021%20Manual|url-status=dead}}</ref> Members of denominations in the conservative holiness movement, such as the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection, are required to practise teetotalism.<ref name="AWMC2014">{{cite book|title=The Discipline of the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection (Original Allegheny Conference)|year=2014|publisher=Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection|location=Salem|language=en|page=37}}</ref> The Book of Discipline of the Immanuel Missionary Church, a conservative Methodist denomination, states:<ref name="IMC1986"/> {{blockquote|Temperance is the moderate use of that which is beneficial, and a total abstinence from that which is harmful. Therefore no member shall be permitted to use or sell intoxicating liquors, tobacco, or harmful drugs, or to be guilty of things which are only for the gratification of the depraved appetite, and are unbecoming and inconsistent with our Christian profession (I Cor. 10:31). —General Standards, Immanuel Missionary Church<ref name="IMC1986">{{cite book |title=Discipline of the Immanuel Missionary Church |date=1986 |publisher=Immanuel Missionary Church |location=Shoals, Indiana |page=17}}</ref>}} Uniformed members of the Salvation Army ("soldiers" and "officers") make a promise on joining the movement to observe lifelong abstinence from alcohol. This dates back to the early years of the organisation, and the missionary work among alcoholics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Positional Statement: Alcohol in Society |url=https://salvationarmy.org/ihq/ipsalcoholinsociety |publisher=The Salvation Army International |access-date=17 January 2025 |date=2015}}</ref>
With respect to Restorationist Christianity, members of certain groups within the Christian Science movement abstain from the consumption of alcohol.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints rejects alcohol based upon the Word of Wisdom.<ref>{{cite web |title=Why Mormons Don't Drink Alcohol, Tea, and Coffee? |url=https://pacific.churchofjesuschrist.org/why-mormons-dont-drink-alcohol-tea-and-coffee |access-date=1 June 2024 |work=Pacific Church of Jesus Christ}}</ref>
Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutheran Churches, Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion all require wine in their central religious rite of the Eucharist (Holy Communion). In contrast, churches in the Methodist tradition (which traditionally upholds teetotalism) require that "pure, unfermented juice of the grape" be used in the sacrament of Holy Communion.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunkle |first1=William Frederick |last2=Quillian |first2=Joseph D. |title=Companion to The Book of Worship |year=1970 |publisher=Abingdon Press |isbn=978-0-687-09258-1 |page=61 |quote=The pure, unfermented juice of the grape shall be used. The "fair white linen cloth" is merely a table covering that is appropriate for this central sacrament of the church.}}</ref>
In the Gospel of Luke (1:13–15), the angel that announces the birth of John the Baptist foretells that "he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb". A free translation of the New Testament, the ''Purified Translation of the Bible'' (2000), translates in a way that promotes teetotalism. However, the term 'wine' (and similar terms) being consumed by God's people occurs over two hundred times in both the Old and New Testament.<ref>{{cite web|last=Beavers|first=Keith|title=What Wine Would Jesus Drink?|work=VinePair|date=n.d.|url=https://vinepair.com/wine-geekly/what-wine-would-jesus-drink/#:~:text=It's%20hard%20to%20ignore%20the,times%20in%20the%20Old%20Testament.|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
===Indian religions=== In Hinduism, the consumption of alcohol and other intoxicants, called ''surapana'', is considered as one of the five ''mahapatakas'' (great sins).<ref>{{cite book |last=Klostermaier |first=Klaus K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_6-JbUiHB4C&dq=alcohol+mahapataka&pg=PA142 |title=A Survey of Hinduism: Third Edition |date=5 July 2007 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=978-0-791-47082-4 |page=142}}</ref> Hindus are prohibited from drinking alcohol "as it has a direct impact on the nervous system, leading to actions that a sound person normally would not."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Agarwal |first1=Anav |title=Lord Shiva, Hinduism & Substance Abuse |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/readersblog/lawhumanrightsdevelopment/lord-shiva-hinduism-substance-abuse-50599/ |work=The Times of India |access-date=3 February 2024 |date=17 February 2023}}</ref>
One of the five precepts of Buddhism is abstaining from intoxicating substances that disturb the peace and self-control of the mind, but it is formulated as a training rule to be assumed voluntarily by laypeople rather than as a commandment.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gwynne |first1=Paul |title=World Religions in Practice: A Comparative Introduction |date=2017 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-118-97227-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o08nDwAAQBAJ |chapter=The Buddhist Pancasila }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Wijayaratna|first=Mohan|author-link = Mohan Wijayaratna|title=Buddhist monastic life: According to the Texts of the Theravāda Tradition |date=1990 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-36428-7 |url=http://elibrary.ibc.ac.th/files/private/Buddhist%20%20Monastic%20Life.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215160650/http://elibrary.ibc.ac.th/files/private/Buddhist%20%20Monastic%20Life.pdf |archive-date=15 December 2017 |url-status=dead |access-date=29 July 2018 |pages=166-167 }}</ref> Jainism forbids the consumption of alcohol, in addition to trade in alcohol.<ref>{{cite book |title=Jain Journal, Volume 15 |date=1981 |publisher=Jain Bhawan |page=32 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sharma |first1=Arvind |title=The World's Religions: A Contemporary Reader |date=1 October 2010 |publisher=Fortress Press |isbn=978-0-800-69746-4 |page=38}}</ref> Liquor is listed as one of the prohibitions in Sikhism.<ref>{{cite book|title=Sikh Rehat Maryada: Section Four, Chapter X, Article XVI|url=https://old.sgpc.net/rehat_maryada/section_four.html|publisher=Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref>
===Islam=== In contemporary Islam, the concept of ''khamr'' ({{Langx|ar|خمر|rtl=yes}}), which refers to a category of intoxicating substances that are forbidden, is now generally understood as encompassing all forms of alcohol. Muslim countries have low rates of alcohol consumption, with many enforcing a policy of prohibition. Additionally, the majority of Muslims do not drink and believe consuming alcohol is forbidden (haram).<ref name="APA PsycNet 1999">{{cite journal | title=Alcohol and Islam: An Overview | journal=Contemporary Drug Problems | date=1999-06-01 | doi=10.1177/009145090603300401 | url=https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-12150-001 | access-date=2020-11-23 | last1=Michalak | first1=Laurence | last2=Trocki | first2=Karen | volume=33 | issue=4 | pages=523–562 | url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2014/12/147921/nothing-in-the-quran-says-alcohol-is-haram-saudi-author | title=Nothing in the Quran Says Alcohol "is Haram": Saudi Author | date=3 December 2012 }}</ref>
Ibn Majah and al-Tirmidhi narrated an authentic hadith that if a Muslim drinks alcohol and does not repent, they would enter Hell after death and be "made to drink from the pus of the people of Jahannum."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Desai|first1=Mufti Siraj |title=Punishment for Drinking Alcohol|url=https://islamqa.org/hanafi/askmufti/81676/punishment-for-drinking-alcohol/|website=IslamQA|date=9 May 2015 }}</ref> Muslims believe that Allah will not accept the prayers of an individual until forty days after the consumption of an alcoholic drink.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bentley |first1=David|title=Ramadan 40-day rule and how it affects fasting and prayers in Islamic holy month|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/ramadan-40-day-rule-warning-28538498|website=Birmingham Mail |language=en |date=30 January 2024}}</ref>
==Research on non-drinkers== Dominic Conroy and Richard de Visser published research in ''Psychology and Health'' that studied strategies used by college students who would like to resist peer pressure to drink alcohol in social settings. The research hinted that students are less likely to give in to peer pressure if they have strong friendships and make a decision not to drink before social interactions.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Conroy | first1 = Dominic | last2 = de Visser | first2 = Richard | journal = Psychology and Health | volume = 29 | issue = 5 | pages = 536–551 | issn = 0887-0446 | doi = 10.1080/08870446.2013.866673 | pmid = 24245802 | title = Being a non-drinking student: An interpretative phenomenological analysis | url = http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/55352/| year = 2014 | s2cid = 7115520 }}</ref>
A 2015 study by the Office for National Statistics showed that young Britons were more likely to be teetotallers than their parents.<ref name="nevilleftyoungbritons">{{cite news|last1=Neville|first1=Sarah|title=Young Britons turning teetotal in growing numbers, survey says|url=https://www.ft.com/content/2804037a-b38a-11e4-9449-00144feab7de|access-date=16 September 2016|work=Financial Times|date=13 February 2015}}</ref>
According to Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health, published by the World Health Organization in 2011, close to half of the world's adult population (45 per cent) are lifetime abstainers. The Eastern Mediterranean Region, consisting of the Muslim countries in the Middle East and North Africa, is by far the lowest alcohol-consuming region in the world, both in terms of total adult per-capita consumption and prevalence of non-drinkers, i.e., 87.8 per cent lifetime abstainers.<ref name="WHO"/>
=== Millennials and Generation Z === In the United States, teetotalism has become increasingly common amongst younger generations, particularly millennials and those of Generation Z. A study published in April 2023 by the International Wine and Spirits Record (IWSR) revealed that millennials were key drivers of no-alcohol growth in the United States, with 45% of no-alcohol beer consumers in the US being millennials. By April 2024, that figure was 61%. The reasons given were primarily attributed to lifestyle and functionality.<ref>{{Cite web |first= |date=29 August 2024 |title=Millennials drive no-alcohol gains in the US |url=https://www.theiwsr.com/insight/millennials-drive-no-alcohol-gains-in-the-us/#:~:text=In%20April%202023%2C%2045%25%20of,%2Dalcohol%20wine%20(59%25). |work=The IWSR}}</ref>
A similar study published by the National Public Health Information Coalition in 2022 revealed that millennials and Gen Zers were more likely to embrace sobriety than drinking culture with a survey indicating that 57% of these individuals would rather go to the gym for an hour than go out to a bar, and 69% finding heavy drinking culture boring. The common reasons given for Gen Zers were maintaining control over their lives, prioritising productivity, and regulating their physical and mental health.<ref>{{cite web |date=17 March 2022 |title=Millennials and Gen Zers Embrace "Life Can Take You Higher than Alcohol" |url=https://www.nphic.org/blog/738-millennials-and-gen-zers-embrace-life-can-take-you-higher-than-alcohol |access-date=4 April 2025 |work=National Public Health Information Coalition}}</ref>
By 2025, that number of active drinkers plummeted to 50% among adults aged 18–34, according to Gallup data.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saad |first=Lydia |date=2025-08-13 |title=U.S. Drinking Rate at New Low as Alcohol Concerns Surge |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/693362/drinking-rate-new-low-alcohol-concerns-surge.aspx |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=Gallup.com |language=en}}</ref> This 22-point drop from historic highs is expected to persist through 2026, as nearly 65% of Generation Z reports an active intention to further reduce consumption or abstain entirely due to financial constraints and heightened health consciousness.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lo |first=Giada |date=2025-12-09 |title=2026 Drink Trends: Non-Alcoholic Beverages & Nostalgic Comfort |url=https://botrista.com/resources/blog-post/2026-drink-trends-non-alcoholic-beverages-nostalgic-comfort/ |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=Botrista, Inc. |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Notable advocates== {{see also|Native American temperance activists}}
{{Dynamic list}} This is a list of notable figures who practiced teetotalism and were public advocates for temperance, teetotalism or both. To be included in this list, individuals must be well known for their abstention from alcohol, their advocacy efforts or both. Individuals whose abstention from alcohol is not a defining characteristic or feature of their notability are excluded. * Albert Barnes{{snd}}American theologian, clergyman, abolitionist, temperance advocate and author<ref>{{cite web |title=Albert Barnes |work=Sword Searcher |access-date=18 March 2024 |url=https://www.swordsearcher.com/christian-authors/albert-barnes.html}}</ref> * Hugh Bourne{{snd}}English clergyman and one of the joint founders of Primitive Methodism<ref>{{cite web|title=Papers of Hugh Bourne – Collection 68|website=Billy Graham Center Archives|publisher=Wheaton College|url=http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/068.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728123601/http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/068.htm|archive-date=28 July 2017}}</ref> * George N. Briggs{{snd}}19th governor of Massachusetts, from 1844 to 1851<ref>{{cite book|last=Giddings|first=Edward Jonathan|title=American Christian Rulers, or Religion and Men of Government|url=https://archive.org/details/americanchristia00gidd/page/66/mode/2up|page=66|location=New York|publisher=Bromfield & Company|year=1890|oclc=5929456}}</ref> * Neal Dow{{snd}}American Prohibition advocate and mayor of Portland, Maine, from 1851 to 1852 and from 1855 to 1856<ref>{{cite book |last=Dow |first=Neal |title=The Reminiscences of Neal Dow: Recollections of Eighty Years |location=Portland, ME |publisher=Evening Express Publishing |page=682 |date=1898 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dE_P6FOcQSQC&dq=%22neal+dow%22+teetotaler&pg=PA682 |url-status=live |access-date=18 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423054450/https://books.google.com/books?id=dE_P6FOcQSQC&pg=PA682&lpg=PA682&dq=%22neal+dow%22+teetotaler&source=web&ots=LqdKkerkWd&sig=rhhY0YQMGOcX4E-vKc_Wnel0lu8#v=onepage&q=%22neal%20dow%22%20teetotaler&f=false |archive-date=23 April 2017}}</ref> * Stuart Hamblen{{snd}}American entertainer and Prohibition Party candidate for the US presidency in the 1952 presidential election<ref>{{cite news|title=Stuart Hamblen, 80, Singer and Candidate (Obituary)|date=9 March 1989|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/09/obituaries/stuart-hamblen-80-singer-and-candidate.html|access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> * Lucy Webb Hayes{{snd}}wife of Rutherford B. Hayes and First Lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Gould |editor-first=Lewis L. |title=American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy |date=1996 |location=New York |publisher=Garland Publishing |pages=216, 224 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780815325857/page/224/mode/2up |isbn=0815314795}}</ref> * Tom Holland{{snd}}British actor in films such as ''Spider-Man: Homecoming'', ''Spider-Man: Far From Home'' and ''Spider-Man: No Way Home''. He launched the low-alcohol beer company BERO.<ref>{{cite web |last1=London |first1=Lela |title=Tom Holland On Bero, Sobriety And Breaking Into Beer |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lelalondon/2024/10/16/tom-holland-on-bero-sobriety-and-breaking-into-beer/ |publisher=Forbes |access-date=5 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kinsman |first1=Kat |title=Tom Holland Talked With Us About His New Nonalcoholic Beer and the Joyful Mission Behind It |url=https://www.foodandwine.com/tom-holland-launches-nonalcoholic-beer-brand-bero-8728780 |publisher=Food & Wine |access-date=5 October 2025}}</ref> * Ian MacKaye{{snd}}American punk rock musician, whose work with the band Minor Threat influenced the creation of the straight edge subculture.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minor Threat Interview |url=https://www.maximumrocknroll.com/article/minor-threat-interview/ |work=Maximum Rocknroll |access-date=12 November 2024 |date=30 August 1982 |archive-date=14 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414170717/https://www.maximumrocknroll.com/article/minor-threat-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * Carrie Nation{{snd}}American who was a radical member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol before the advent of Prohibition. Nation is noted for attacking alcohol-serving establishments (most often taverns) with a hatchet.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hatchet job on drink was a right Carrie on|work=WalesOnline|date=25 March 2008|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/hatchet-job-drink-right-carrie-2191544|access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref> * Arnold Nordmeyer{{snd}}6th leader of the New Zealand Labour Party between 1963 and 1965.<ref>{{DNZB |last=Brown |first=Bruce |id=5n12 |title=Nordmeyer, Arnold Henry – Biography |access-date=6 October 2012 }}</ref> * Robert Rutkowski{{snd}}Polish psychologist, psychotherapist and author known for his advocacy of sobriety and education on addiction issues.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-18 |title=Robert Rutkowski: Żyjemy w alkoholowej sekcie. Rządzą nami alkoholowe kartele |url=https://plus.polskanews.pl/robert-rutkowski-zyjemy-w-alkoholowej-sekcie-rzadza-nami-alkoholowe-kartele/ar/c1-18472229 |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=plus.polskanews.pl |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-02 |title=Co zapijają Polacy? "Nie możemy pić jako naród. Z zasadniczego powodu" [WYWIAD] |url=https://kobieta.onet.pl/wiadomosci/co-zapijaja-polacy-nie-mozemy-pic-jako-narod-z-zasadniczego-powodu/bez1kq9 |access-date=2025-10-18 |website=Kobieta Onet |language=pl}}</ref>
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