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Old 04-22-2015, 09:30 AM
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JaneLane
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Originally Posted by 2muchpain View Post
I looked into a site called Meetups.com. It's a national website that lists all kinds of social activities in your area that you could join. I figured it would be a great opportunity to get together with non-drinkers to do fun things. Turned out almost all the activities involved drinking at one point or another. I told a therapist I was seeing at the time about it, but she said that it was just an excuse for me not to get out and socialize. She later told me she checked out the site and found out what I said was true. It's not as easy as some people make it sound to just go out and find sober people to hang out with. John
I use that website too! One thing that has happened for me is that I sought out activity based meet ups like visiting art galleries or all going to a seasonal market together. Once I went to a couple of those I actually went to different events with the same people and found a few people that don't drink at all!
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