"Besides your immediate family why does the subject of recovery come up with other folks?
One of the smartest things I did after getting sober was to keep my mouth shut. No need to let the world I'm in recovery and to explain myself. "
I've only been sober a short time, really, and there's a maddening urge to share that with everyone around me. Kinda like dieting. You're miserable and want to talk about dieting with everyone because it's ion your mind seemingly every minute of the day and night. Ken33xx is right though. Smart thing to do is just find something else to talk about. Go to SR when you need to blow off some steam about it all.