I feel I might've misspoken. I'm not saying escape plans are bad. I feel they're very important and I've used them quite a bit. I was just in a situation where an escape plan wasn't really feasible. I was 1.5 hours from home, money was spent and I really wanted to see the band we drove to see. So finding myself in that environment, I really needed to buckle down. There were no urges to drink, etc... It always bums me out when I hear "if you dont follow these rules" you will drink again". I put myself in the situation, so now I need to figure out how to be comfortable. For my own self, I can't go on avoiding life long friends, social scenarios and so forth. I just found it completely eye opening that I have become aware of the fact that my sobriety comes with social awkwardness. That we have out drank those mechanisms that aid us in flight or fight situations.