yes. It's easy to preach about No meaning No or what not but I try to never forget where I came from and what I was like when I was still drinking!!
Man, I was the worlds worst at trying to get people to have a drink, I looked upon it as being a miserable b*stard if people refused free drinks. Refusing free-drinks, I mean wtf?!
I guess that's because I am an alcoholic though. I always try to remember that just because I'm a recovering alcoholic, who is fully aware that the drink that kills is the first one, doesn't mean everybody else is... In fact quite the opposite and that's the way it should be. Drinking to most is a fun, relatively harmless activity which compliments other social interaction and fun. But not for this alcoholic.