I don't know about every other alcoholic, but personally I avoid bars and drinking parties. I have a little over 3 months sober and I don't see myself hanging out in bars in the future. The only reason I ever went there was to drink. If a band I love is playing at a venue that is mostly a bar, I might consider that in the future but not this early in sobriety. If I have to go to a happy hour, say, after a job interview (this happened about 30 days in), I will go but I would rather not.