Thanks for the advice guys. I have been in tears thinking about this. I so want to be sober, and I thought I would do anything for it. But the thought of ditching my true friends absolutely tears me up.
Its not as if I frequent bars regularly with them either. In 3 months I have been to see two live bands with them, and the rest of the time I have seen them in other circumstances where drink isn't around at all. I can see why I need to ditch my football friends, that is a totally different thing and now that I am not drinking I just don't have anything in common with them.