She DOESN 'T get it - update
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She DOESN 'T get it - update
This is an update for a post u made yesterday.
I went on my dinner with girlfriends. I told my friend I wouldn't drink. Then when we got to the place she goes "you should have one of these cocktails". I said "No, I don't want to start my count over" and a girls that was there (but isn't close to me so she didn't know ) asked what that was about and I told her I had 14 months and that I didn't want to start my count over plus I didn't want to have just 1 drink. She backed me up and said "oh don't do it, it's not worth it".
So this quasi stranger supported me more than this friend. They have been friends for a long time and at some point I felt like my "friend" was having an inside joke about me with the other... I don't know. Maybe I was paranoid.
I heard and saw a lot of thing that I didn't like and I ended up really turned off. I didn't drink and I'm not going to.
I went on my dinner with girlfriends. I told my friend I wouldn't drink. Then when we got to the place she goes "you should have one of these cocktails". I said "No, I don't want to start my count over" and a girls that was there (but isn't close to me so she didn't know ) asked what that was about and I told her I had 14 months and that I didn't want to start my count over plus I didn't want to have just 1 drink. She backed me up and said "oh don't do it, it's not worth it".
So this quasi stranger supported me more than this friend. They have been friends for a long time and at some point I felt like my "friend" was having an inside joke about me with the other... I don't know. Maybe I was paranoid.
I heard and saw a lot of thing that I didn't like and I ended up really turned off. I didn't drink and I'm not going to.
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Sounds like your GF is either jealous of you on some level or she feels threatened by your sobriety. The other person who supported you doesn't have any emotional ties to you, so she doesn't have an agenda. You explained yourself, she accepted, done. Not sure if going out for drinks with this GF is a good idea. She undermines your efforts for whatever reason.
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and they never will
Normal people don't get it that's why you are on this forum. That's why everyone on here is here. Sobriety is going to be a lifelong challenge but I guess you get better at it with practice as with everything
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If this has been a consistent pattern over 14 months and you have made it clear to this person you are no longer drinking, then you should no longer be referring to this person as a "friend". I'd move on from this. It's not worth the stress and hassle.
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I couldn't disagree more with the general principal that a friend is not really a friend if they push liquor on you (us) an alcoholic. Most normies really can't even comprehend what we are saying. As simply as they can stop, they give you the same respect that you can stop. It's actually not at all intended negatively. Some of my closest friends continue to ask me to have just one drink. They are the most genuine and loving people I know. They defend me, they include me, they love me - I have no doubt. But they just can't even fathom addiction. Those that can in my experience either have lived with it in their family or ar addicts themselves.
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I think there's truth in what you are saying Drunktx. There is definitely gray area. I had friends that asked me about it years into sobriety out of ignorance. Once I quickly explained the situation to them, they never asked again. Had they persisted I would have quit hanging out with them.
I'm not saying they would be bad people. But definitely not friends.
I'm not saying they would be bad people. But definitely not friends.
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