During the course of my brief sobriety, I've come to the conclusion that we care much more about our drinking status than 95% of our friends and acquaintances. That is a good thing.
For example, I met a friend who I had not seen in maybe 4 months for lunch on Friday. When I walked in he was sipping a large local craft beer. I ordered a lemonade (it was 25F. after all) and we chatted about the local beer scene and he asked if I wanted a beer. I declined and he asked if I suddenly didn't like beer, to which I replied that I liked beer perhaps a bit too much and had not had a drink since November. He simply nodded as if to convey "no big deal' and we moved on to other topics much more interesting.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend, classmates.