Originally Posted by
gettinglifeback 
alcohol surrounds me every day, everywhere I go, everyone I know; really I feel that it is all anyone does anymore.
It always seems that way, but it isn't true. There are avenues in your life where you could meet people who don't drink, but drinkers hang out with other drinkers. I drank heavily for 20 years. Every celebration involved drinking. Every social event did too. Now I don't drink and realize most people don't heavily drink. That was just my perception of things while I drank.