Originally Posted by
sleepie 
Well I was successfully social without drinking while others did. no big deal it was unappealing, today anyway.
when i see others drink i'm reminded of how i was. I think how they must feel and how they will feel in the morning vs how i'll feel in the morning. I wonder if after a night of just a few drinks can they get up and run 10 miles with a smile or are they draggen a$$ etc... I normally can smell the booze on them and it repulses me.
I then feel a lot of shame that i was once them. what did people think of me then that i'm unaware of? where people repulsed by my booze odor and obnoxious behaivior? Did i seriously look that bad too?
But having gone through those kinds of thoughts anymore I have compassion and sympathy. But everyones on there own path and at different places in there lives so it is what it is.