Originally Posted by
atalose 
...I learned pretty early that talking to my “normal” friends caused me further distress when dealing with the issue of addiction, I learned to stick to those kind of talks to my al-anon friends...
I understand what you're saying now, grizz. So yes. My life is very different and I quoted atalose because my very close friends really don't talk to me anymore. They don't understand the issues with my AW or me. They try to sympathize but in the end, they're thinking, **** no!, this guy is a downer and so is his AW. We won't be asking them over anytime soon. Or gosh, we can't even enjoy a beer anymore without it turning into some major discussion about the AW. I'm no fun anymore.
Damn!