How do I belong in a society that drinks all the time?
It's getting really awful now that the nice weather is finally here in Boston. I'm an extrovert and I like to party, and I feel alone and bored.
-Everyone always going out to dinner and then drinks
-Dancing with drinks
-Movies then drinks
-Baby showers with drinks
-Weddings with drinks
It's just really hard to meet anyone because I have to decline all these events because I am a problem drinker. So I am isolating myself and a few friends aren't really calling me because they know I will drink and drive.
Sometimes i wonder if everyone else around me has a problem, if it's the groups of people i mainly know, the family i come from (Irish catholic, every event has mountains of wine and beer), and if i just have to find a bunch of mormons. I'm at a loss. I can't become friends with AA people, because I think that would be too weird.... I'm just lost