Your story sounds that exact same as my own. I started drinking around 13, same thing with friends and everything. I had a bad anxiety period out of the blue last spring, and man did it suck! I went on and off drinking, and made it a point to stop 3 days ago, when I started to feel the depression/anxiety coming back. Good luck, the old friends are the hardest for me, and I too will have a test of my metel this weekend. Take care