Hi Bob - we're in the October group together and I was just reading your story. Thanks for posting it. We all learn from each other.
I just want to say (about your dinner date Sat. night) that this is exactly the situation that sabotaged my September sobriety date! I thought I was ready, that I could excuse myself from drinking, but the peer pressure was more than I could handle and I didn't dare say, "I've quit drinking". These were people I work with 10 hours a day so they know me very well. I want to be much more secure in this process before I try a situation like that again. I am taking the advice of everyone here and putting my fragile newborn sobriety ahead of everything else. I had to decline happy hour for tomorrow evening with a group of my best girlfriends
and I will attend an AA meeting instead.
See ya 'round! Have a great day!