Sancho you are so right about this country, nearly everyone I know my age drinks way too much the only thing is I drink more than most of them, The problem is i don't know how i will manage with meeting up with my friends the only place we would meet up is in the pub, and I know all of them know I have a problem but how do I tell them I have gone sober I know there will be a few laughs and talking behind my back..Any occasion In Ireland is around drink Weddings,Funerals,Christenings ect and then there dosent even need to be an occasion,, there is no way round it....and how will I get round it..