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Old 09-29-2013, 02:44 PM
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hypochondriac
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Like you in the early days/weeks/months of sobriety I was determined not to let my sobriety impact my social life. I went to parties, clubs, after work drinks, corporate entertaining... I utterly regret doing that now. It was tough and there was no need to put myself through that in early sobriety.

It doesn't have to be the case that you are less social sober. I enjoy socialising now, though it is totally different from how I did it when I was drinking. And it took me til 8 months sober to get through a party without resentments about others drinking or just feeling really narky. A lot of that anger could have been just a side effect from quitting, like a kid whose dummy has just been taken away. This afternoon I went to a pub for a few hours and apart from disliking the smell of other people's beer it really doesn't effect me anymore. Maybe in time you will feel better too. But maybe don't put too much pressure on yourself this early on x
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