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I suffer from severe Bipolar Disorder and Agoraphobia (I've been diagnosed by a Psychiatrist). I've been seeing an online therapist and I'm making an effort to get better. I'm 21 now and I just got my first job working for my mother's medical billing company, but I work from my bedroom. I can't get my driver's license until next year because COVID has the SoS shut down, the earliest they can get me in for an appointment is January.
I've tried many times to get a job and get my license but my anxiety would always get the best of me.

It might seem like a silly question. Im currently 22, and i have never drank alcohol, not a single drop has knowingly entered my mouth.

I told myself at a young age i would never drink and i would try to integrate into society as a non-drinker and try to have fun whilst sober. Im now 22, i have now reached my career goals of having a degree and being a software developer. This career goal was the main reason why i avoided drinking, as i wanted to make sure i had my life under control before i started partying and whatever.

Over time I've developed a social anxiety disorder and so i haven't really been able to integrate into a young persons society. I've been out to clubs once, i have very few friends (if any), and all the friends I've ever had have pushed me away since i never went to parties with them, I've had sex with one girl and it was basically a once in a lifetime moment that caused it to happen (long story).

Now that you know the context, is it time for me to learn to drink? If so, how should i do it? Will it actually weaken my social anxiety? (I don't know what it feels like to be drunk)

This is such a hard dilemma to solve for me, i could write an essay on it. Just give me your views please, the more detail the better.