In my opinion, alkies lost old friends and get new ones. Alkies lost their past and friendship always. If you can keep old friends after quit drink, you might be a great person. The other thoughts comes up to me as well. When I drank, I thought drink friends were very honest. After quit drink, I realize drink friends are not honest and sobriety friends are honest. At this moment if you think so, you may quit friendship with alkies.
