Originally Posted by Forester

I've found myself in the situation where I'm having to cut friends off. They don't respect my decision not to drink or they're too stupid to realise. For example I had a long chat with one friend about how I've been sober for almost 2 weeks, yesterday. We went through the whole shebang on why it's a good thing for me and how difficult it can be, etc, etc. Then at the end of the conversation he invites me over for a beer.
This isn't the first time I've encountered this sort of insanity, I would never say that to a recovering friend. Now I'm almost alone socially. There's only one friend left as I've cut off everyone else.
I know in time I'll meet better people for me, but right now it's a very isolating experience. I can't even explain how I feel about it, a mixture of anger and sadness. It's like my friends weren't even my friends. We were just friends of alcohol together.