My best friend was really understanding about it. We've been out a lot of times over the past few months and I have only drunk on one occassion. Even when I've been cranky or peculiar, he's cut me a lot of slack because he can see I'm striving for sobriety. Likewise with my parents. And I still get on okay with the colleagues I work with - in fact much better than before. I do lunchtime walks rather than after work drinks and that seems a great way to go forward for me.
I would like to deepen my relationships with other AA members but I have a small group of friends who will socialise with me and HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS of people who will be friendly to me any time I walk into an AA meeting. I can't say that about bars!