Everyone belongs to Christ (Col.1:16). Also, while I agree that the context of the verse (the body is the temple) is sexual indulgence, it should not be relegated exclusively to that; it has inference to other indulgences as well.
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...including the devil, and he surely isn't God's temple. When I speak of those who "belong" to Christ, I'm speaking soteriologically. Col. 1:16 doesn't do away with the fact that 1 Cor. 6:15 juxtaposes being a member of Christ with being a member of a prostitite. They're not the same thing. It's only those who have been joined to the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17) who have the Holy Spirit within them (1 Cor. 6:19) and whose bodies are his temple.
With that said, it remains that the Scriptures clearly speak favorably of a proper enjoyment of alcohol. Teetotalism is a rather new and unfortunte thing in church history, and it doesn't comport with biblical truth. I go so far as to say that teetotalers would condemn Jesus Himself, since he came "eating and drinking" (Matt. 11:19; Lk. 7:34).