Originally Posted by
Pigtails 
This is a great idea and a great way to handle it. I'm glad you have a best friend who is supporting you -- but remember to do this for you and no one else, no matter what the best friend, these other friends or anyone else says or does.
Best wishes.
Thank you for your advice it is much appreciated! I am definately doing it for me. Drink doesn't do anything for me anymore it's just making me ill the next day and sitting there worrying about what I have said or done the next before. I hope that when I am bored I can find the will power to say no to going out and just to stay in. Fingers crossed!