Originally Posted by
Mirabella 
I think I may lose some friends, which is sad, but the ones who are heavy drinkers are likely to reject me as I'm a reminder that they're not as in control as they might think they are.
At face value, those people were really not "friends" in the first place anyway then, right? If they value your consumption of alcohol more than they value you as a person do you really want to be hanging out with them anyway?
It's sad to be certain, because we all have lots of fun memories of the "good times" we had with some of those folks, and theres' no doubt that we did. But in reality it was simply all about the alcohol.
Your true friends will still be your friends when everything is said and done.