Abstemious People who don’t drink alcoholic drinks how wine, beer, liquors, etc. For catholics, an abstainer is one who can not drink wine without risk of vomiting. Women often refrain from drinking alcoholic drinks when they are pregnant, because the baby in their belly also does. According to some studies people who are abstemious suffer more depression against those who are not, since these people lack social skills and you have higher levels of anxiety and depression.