Originally Posted by
Bob36 
I am getting the most flack from the people I am cutting off/re arranging my relations with... The rage coming back at me is understandable on one level - But the machinations are as disheartening as they are interesting - its like watching a car wreck.
You have to remember that they, too, have a Beast inside. Their Beast sees you as a threat, and Beasts will attack when threatened. The book has a good section on this, actually. I'm not going to tell you what to do, but I think you'll find that if you simply tell people that you will never drink/drug again, you won't have to do anything at all. Their Beast will invariably tell them to run far away from you, and you won't even have to cut them off. They will probably do it for you.