Some things are not fun. Being in a room filled largely with strangers is Not Fun, if they're all drinking it's Double Plus Not Fun.
There is a chance that doing a not fun thing will result in longer term gains of fun via meeting people, but strangely when I'm miserable and uncomfortable it's unlikely I'll make friends and influence people. So I'll weight that with an appropriately small number and find that my overall happiness is higher by avoiding the above scenario.
I could of course start drinking to take the edge off but that doesn't seem like a great idea overall. I'll stick in my comfort zone for now, where it's comfy. And there's tea.
