Originally Posted by
SoberRobster 
I have done the identical thing to you 'tea or coffee' I am on the 34th day and have used Sober October as my reason for not drinking. Being a massive beer drinker I have lost a lot of weight over the last month and I have also had the comments 'I bet you can't wait to November so you can have a drink'. I have just said that I am feeling so much better and getting fitter that I am going to have at least another month or two without drinking. However I know, and it's only me that needs to know, that I can never drink again.
^This has been my boyfriend's approach as well. He and I know the full deal about his recovery program, and he now comes to AA with me, and is beginning to work the steps; as far as 99% of the world goes, his answers are much like the above. He just lets it be a "this is my new kind of life" in an overall way response.