Why am I pitiable? I'm grateful. Grateful I am a white western expat. Never in all my time in Qatar have I known a single friend get in trouble for consuming alcohol. But how many times have I heard stories about Asians, mostly Indians, getting arrested in the industrial area for drinking alcohol, or for having alcohol in their car. It's not my embassy you need to worry about. Our embassy makes sure that we don't get in trouble, because different laws apply to different people.