I quit a month ago and can already identify two or three friends who aren't going to be a part of my life. This sucks because loneliness was part of the reason I started drinking so much in the first place. They just don't seem to get it though. I went out with a couple of them the week I quit and was having more fun than usual because I didn't have to worry about how much I was drinking and whether anyone was noticing. But the people I was with just couldn't relax if I wasn't drinking.