Originally Posted by
AudreyAna 
Thanks for the responses!
I've been to AA meetings before; a handful a year ago, and two this past week. I wound up drinking tonight because I was faced with direct temptation at a barbeque, so I will try to avoid that kind of situation in the future.. I own the Big Book and have been reading it every day, it's helped a lot but I find it impossible to say no when alcohol is around..
Beauty school has nothing to offer, and my doctor is nice and told me over a year ago that I probably drink too much. So I'm sticking with AA to help me for real... Although after I told my friend today that I've been going to meetings, he proceeded to rant about all the ways NA and AA are bad and fail in general, and how the people in it are kind of pathetic and fake. SO.. That sucked.
I was always really sensitive to other peoples opinions too Audrey, especially when I first quit drinking. I had to keep stopping myself and think what was best for me and not be swayed by other peoples opinions.
I also had to avoid other drinkers for a bit for the same reason because, unsurprisingly really, all my drinking friends seemed to think I should be drinking. Even the ones that didn't drink that much. It is tough to try and get sober in that environment. Try and make it easy on yourself x