A question I suppose everyone has asked themselves. My sister who is an alcoholic told me that she cant be around other drinkers. Simply because she can smell it and it gets her senses going. She relates it to feeling better so we do not drink around her. We talk, laugh and do other things.
Its a hard ask especially if your mates relate booze with a good time , like alot of us do. You know, a drink on the weekend, winddown.
Look at it this way, If you had three children in your house, you gave 2 of the children an icecream each and told the other child they couldnt have an icecream because they were fat, how do you think that would go down?
After all they still are human.