I was surprised by the number of people who don't, and didn't, care if I drank or not.
It's not the Elephant in the room, as I thought it would be when I first got sober, I don't ask them about there own drinking and I don't mean alcoholicly.
Maybe they can control it, maybe they can't. I don't ask them and they don't ask me.
Not one of my close friends has ever asked me why I don't drink any more.
I have a friend who comes over to visit. I buy him a six pack. He's never questioned why I don't drink. Ever. And we were very heavy drinkers together.
It's a non-issue for me. I don't care what people think about me not drinking and I don't care how much they drink. It's personal and private.
But then I haven't had a drink in ten years, so maybe to them it's just a given.
I don't drink.
At a restaurant or bar when I order 7 up no one cares.
I know a few people who probably have a drinking problem, like my friend, but I don't ask them about it. That would be uncouth. Let them drink.
Perhaps they feel the same way towards me. And to me it's a non-issue.