I approached the situation differently then your RAH. At first I completely avoided people places and things that were slippery for me.
Then after I felt comfortable I didn't want people to treat me like I had some sort of contagious disease and not act normally around me. All my friends/ family and work colleges drink around me, they don't ask me to fill up there beer glasses anymore because I have set my boundaries. My GF can go drink all she would like, my drinking problem is not her drinking problem. She also has problems that I do not have. Thats life. I think it is fair to say you should be able to do whatever you want as long as you are not provoking him or waving it in his face.
This is just my experience. I still want the people around me to live a happy life, and have a good time and not feel like they have to act a certain way or behave differently because I am not drinking.