The program I live by brought me a complete psychic change. It seemed like the world changed really. Suddenly the whole drinking scene, the people, the atmosphere, the idea that this was life, just lost all it attraction. I became interested in the real world and alcohol was no longer in the picture.
I have zero interst in the old drinking scene. I have much better things to do. But I frequently attend social events where alcohol is served, I even owned a restaurant for a couple of years and it never occurs to me to take a drink. To quote the Big Book " we handle these situations everyday. The alcoholic who cannot handle it still has an alcoholic mind".
At the start, my alcoholic life was the only normal one and I could not imagine any other kind of life. Now I live a life that I never knew existed. Alcohol just ain't part of it.