Originally Posted by
shay17 
I find the times I relapse the most is always when I'm out with friends or at a social functions. I can't avoid those circumstances all the time, I just feel my will gets weak and I just cave in for…one beer?
I had to change some of my friends. Frankly, if you are trying to quit drinking, hanging out with other people who are meeting specifically for the purpose of drinking will almost always end in drinking.
That's not to say that you have to completely isolate yourself from the world, and I do attend functions and places that are serving alcohol, but not ones where the ONLY focus is to drink. For example, i don't hang out in bars anymore - there isn't a reason to. There are a plethora of places to go and things to do besides hanging out with people who are drinking.
Sobriety is a major change - and some of the changes we have to make are not ones we like - but they are necessary.