Welcome to SR! Glad you found us! Have a plan for the restaurant tonight. Plan on ordering your favorite non-alcoholic beverage. Flavored water, juice, soda, etc. Plan on being fun to be around as a sober person. You may be fighting inside but, be a positive person
. Step away if you feel tempted. Maybe go for a short talk with your friend who knows about your desire to be sober. You always can leave is the pressure gets to be too much. In time you will learn how strong you can be and alcohol will not contol you. You can do this!