Hi Humble, I remember the boat life...when I was drinking it was sooo much fun..everyone drank just as much as me or even more!!! like you now those days just aren't interesting or even tolerable..Just recently when the olympics were on and Canada was going for the gold, my hubby and I went to the bar!!...I couldn't stand the smell of it in there!! thankfully I didn't stay long...but I tell ya no desire for me to ever go there again!! as for your friends, I had a group of friends like that as well, I've just distanced myself from them and really have nothing in common anymore...what I have come to realize is that they were just drinking buddies.....so it's no loss...you really do find out who your true friends are...that's for sure!!