Originally Posted by
LongTimeComin 
Thanks Everyone!
This is the first I've really talked to anyone so I guess AA couldn't be much harder... Anyway found some meetings in the area and might go. I had a couple of tough triggers Fri and Sat. Friday I sat down and watched a football sober for the first time since I was a teen. Yesterday I attended a friends house warming party were EVERYONE was drinking. I didn't get questioned or pressured because they all know I work weekends, but that would not have stopped me in the past. I feel good and want top continue feeling good.
Thank You,
Jeff
Well done man. Its great that you've crossed the hurdle of socialising with people that are drinking already. I know everyone's different in this regard, but I'll be making a conscious effort to see my friends in this context within a few weeks of sobriety. I delayed doing that for too long last time and it nearly caused me to slip up several times as I felt so isolated. I'm lucky in that in every stage of my life I've known a few people that don't drink at all, and it helps to realise that if they can enjoy socialising just fine without it then so can I.