I say things like it affects me funny.. or I'll say, I can't drink anymore, the older I get everything affects me more, I mean I'll have one cigarette and get bronchitis.. So I have already changed the subject. Or I'll say I can't, it messes with me / it talks back to me.. Few people ask for more details. LoL
As I get older, I have one drink and I'll have a hangover. The remarks about age take the focus off of the alcohol part of it. I think anyway.
People on SF sometimes say we should have no reason to explain our drinking to others and that's true.. but at the end of the day I think we protect our own dignity if we keep our cards close to our vest.. What the other person thinks of me isn't important, if I tell them I have had a drinking problem, my feelings are important. The older I get (again) the more I learn that I really don't have to be honest with other people all the time.
Just thinking out loud lol I'm lonely and trying to muster the balls to do something at the moment..