My friends are still my friends... I just don't drink with them anymore. I still attend functions with them where they drink, but I'm in bed before they shut down the party. On the other hand, I stay out pretty late with my AA friends... We play sand volleyball until midnight often. Being around and having fun with them makes me appreciate my non-alcoholic friends so much more. Just teaches me how to be me, and not the intoxicated fool I always was.