Anna is right. You're overly concerned with what you imagine other people will say, think, feel or do if you were to continue to stay sober. The best remedy for shame is compassion, and learning how to do things on your own behalf. Neither your friends nor your family can or will live your life for you. It's what you do with your life that will determine what you become.
Originally Posted by
tigerswithellie 
As for my family, my mother has been battling severe depression for the past year and a half and between all the changes that my dad and little sister have had to go through because of it, I feel like I can't burden them with any other worries.
The best way to unburden people in your life who you imagine will worry over you starts with putting down the drink.