I got some strong peer pressure from my old drinking buddy. We drank together sometimes, and especially after golf.
He would almost call me names for not drinking with him. He seemed to resent me.
When I was drinking I could care less if someone else wasn't drinking except as the night wore on.
As I got more and more drunk, sometimes I could tell the non drinkers, like my wife, were annoyed by my drunken antics.
Bottom line is drinkers are addicted, even so called normal drinkers. The addiction will lie to the most severe extent, e.g. I am having heart palpitations because my boss is stressing me out.
Booze is poison. Getting clean hurts from every angle for a long long long time.
I still crave, but I know better.
Thanks.