Hi Theresa -
Congratulations for making it through! Way to go! It is hard sometimes to be around family and friends who can drink like "normal" people ... but my answer to a young man who was present at my family's gathering yesterday ("how do you do it? isn't it hard to not drink?") was this: I like who I am now. I didn't like who I was when I was drinking. So it isn't hard for me to decide to keep liking me.
This does not mean that it's easy to be around people who are, however ... definitely not easy, but I can add to my gratitude list that I'm not one of 'em anymore!
As others have said, it gets better - I promise. Hang in there!
Kathye