Originally Posted by
misscostalot 
Hey Gabe, thanks so much for your reply. As a Scot, you know exactly how it can be there! There was drink everywhere and that is all people wanted to do! Not that this a reason for me to join in but it 'normalised' drinking in huge quantities. I did suggest different activities like going on a day trip, but noone was interested. Guess I just need to keep moving forward now. Take care! X
That's it in a nutshell Miss C, it's so normalised that if you don't do it you are the abnormal one. I totally get feeling on the outside because in a lot of ways we are when we stop drinking. I went to my brother's 40th and relatives I normally get pissed with didn't know how to talk to me. I felt completely out of it with people I am normally close too. It's really hard but it's also their problem. If they can't see past the drink then maybe some of those relationships have to change. Gabe x