And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone - even alcohol. For by this time sanity will have returned. We will seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from it as from a hot flame.
From the Big Book.
If I am 'noticing' alcohol, I'm looking at it. I can go anywhere provided I have a legitimate reason for being there. I always try to bring something rather than stealing some vicarious thrill (that is for me noticing who and how much people are or are not drinking).
One promise of AA is that the problem will and can be removed- one day at a time.
Thanks for you post. Gave me something to consider.