Originally Posted by
Like2Hike 
Sometimes, and increasingly so, to not drink feels normal. When I do think of it a reflexive resistance takes control.
Totally agree, L2H! Now i'm confronting other things (lots of self-doubt and guilt)
every day. Guess this is part of the process. Spending virtually no time at all with big drinking friends - well none, actually! - but at least I no longer panic about what they'll say about my non-drinking. Their issue, not mine.