Originally Posted by
bymyself 
I know this may sound strange but I feel like I'm giving up something meaningful in my life. I always drank at every occasion with my family, and I don't know why but I feel as if I'm losing a friend. I feel so sad, it was a part of everything I did with my family and friends.
Theresa
Hi Theresa
it's not so strange - when drinking is a major part of your life, or at least of social interaction, it makes perfect sense to me to feel scared about it not being there...it'll leave a huge hole, and a great emptiness, and not drinking'll make me stand out...and yadda yadda yadda...
but, you know what ?
it was that kind of thought process that kept me on the drinking merry-go-round for 15 years, falling lower and lower with each new bottle and each new year...
you know the effects...no doubt you have your 'drinking horror stories' like we all do here...there's
nothing meaningful about a life enslaved to booze.
don't be like me and let your drinking define who you are.
D