Thanks Inda - not quite at 8 months, but almost. I met with my sponsor lastd night and instead of talking about my insecurities, we spent a lot of time talking about my unhappiness at my work. I guess a lot of my insecurities are centered at work. I have huge resentments at my work and am trying to work it out. I'm committed to not doing anything big in the first year of sobriety, so I'm going to stick it out at work until my year is up and then consider a career/job change.
As to the party, I'm playing mind games with myself, coming up with ideas for leaving early if it's really too hard for me. I'm going to give it at least an hour of visiting though. That's fair, right?