Hi Epskie, everything seems to involve drinking in the UK. Once Easter is out of the way I have my Dad's birthday, which will entail everyone else drinking and then a holiday in May, again, which I always associate with drinking heavily. I'm trying to make plans to do different activities which don't involve drinking but it is difficult when everyone else just wants to go to the pub.
I also find myself not very tolerant of people who are drunk, which is really ironic since I have spend most of my adult life drunk! It's a bit like being an ex-smoker. I just hope to God that I manage to succeed this time. I gave up for 5 months last year and fell into the trap of ' I can control this' and 'this time I'll just drink sensibily.' Of course I couldn't. I really hope that by using this forum that when I start to convince myself that I can return to alcohol that I find the strengh and the support from SR to stay sober.