Natchez &8212; Everybody&8217;s not doing it.

Sober, clean teenagers aren&8217;t impossible to find in Miss-Lou schools.

In fact, they are usually the ones you run into the most, because they do everything. President of three clubs, member of five more, on the basketball team, in the band, active in church, a frequent volunteer, these are the kids that make the newspaper weekly for the good stuff, not the bad.

And they come from different backgrounds too, yet they share one common factor &8212; they are highly motivated.

They want to make A&8217;s, they want to go to college, they want to make money and they want to please adults &8212; especially their parents.

Cathedral senior Drew David said he&8217;s always known his parents wouldn&8217;t accept underage drinking.

&8220;I&8217;ve always tried to live my life in a way that would please them,&8221; he said.

But not drinking is what he wants for his life, too.

&8220;I like to be in control of myself,&8221; he said. &8220;I go out, and I still have a good time.&8221;

Senior Mary Kate Byrne agreed, saying she didn&8217;t need alcohol to have fun. Though Natchez is a small town without a lot of entertainment, she said that wasn&8217;t an acceptable reason for teenagers to drink.

&8220;I think that&8217;s sort of an excuse,&8221; she said. &8220;You can always find something to do. I have plenty of fun. I watch movies with friends.&8221;

For Trinity Episcopal senior Noble Young, life is too busy for alcohol. She&8217;s president of her church youth group, president of the student council at school, on the tennis team and in Key Club.

&8220;I&8217;m a pretty outgoing person,&8221; she said. &8220;(Alcohol) is not a crutch I have to have. I&8217;m so busy; I don&8217;t want to have to go through the thing of waking up the next morning and not remembering what happened. I think, tomorrow I have to be at church at 9 a.m.&8221;

Being raised in church and surrounded by adults who look down on teenage drinking is also a big factor in Young&8217;s decisions, she said.

Her parents have never even had to tell her not to drink, she said.

&8220;It&8217;s just one of those implied things. We never had to have the talk,&8221; she said. &8220;I&8217;ve always been around people who tried to show you that it&8217;s not the best option.&8221;

Byrne said her mother worked hard to instill the same belief in her.

&8220;When I was little my mom would point out certain people that were in high school that didn&8217;t drink,&8221; she said. &8220;I&8217;ve always had role models.&8221;

And these three teens said they don&8217;t really believe in peer pressure.

&8220;I&8217;ve never been peer pressured,&8221; Young said. &8220;When you say, &8216;no, I don&8217;t want to drink,&8217; they respect that.&8221;

Byrne said she&8217;s never been excluded from anything because she doesn&8217;t drink.

&8220;They don&8217;t force you to do anything you don&8217;t want to do,&8221; she said. &8220;After a while, they don&8217;t even ask you anymore.&8221;