Thanks. I will start to think about fillling up the weekends with active things again. Its sounds awful but i need to avoid my friends for a time. All our activities centre around getting drunk.
Ive recently distanced myself from one good childhood friend who couldnt accept I wanted to reduce drinking and, for want of better terms, tried to bully or goad me to drink. He is now a very heavy daily drinker and looks awful for it. Sad but also cautionary to me. Other friends, even ones who drink heavily on the weekends, have also distenced themselves for the same reason because this chap cant see the issue or accept other people cant routinely drink 15 pints in a session. I wonder if he does have insight but cant bring himself to try to change, but he would never say.
In the winter I used to mountain walk a lot, this has suffered in recent years due to the drinking, my fitness has dropped and weight has gone up. I'd like to start walking more again.
Days arnt so hard. Friday and Saturday evenings are going to be really hard.