Hi Bruised Ego
I was lucky I think. I had no one of any significance trying to stop me drinking.
One of my issues was/is authority. I hate being told what to do. So much so that many times in my life I haven't done things that would have been to my advantage because it also meant obliging someone else. So much so that I have often stubbornly refused to do things because it seems that I am doing it on orders from others and I have never even see that whatever it was would have been to my advantage. It is one cause of my procrastination.
I am not suggesting this will ring true for you. Only that's what it reminded me of in my own behaviour.
regards
Andy F