Originally Posted by
Hawkeye13 
Of course everyone has their level of acceptance / tolerance to this, but often people in recovery find they simply cannot relate on the long term with drinkers as alcohol mood-alteration can no longer be part of their world. It is often uncomfortable because we don’t have the free “high” of mood-shift so on different page. . .
Although I do attempt to accept people as they are, alcohol and drugs have decimated my community and touched the lives of everyone I know. For me personally, I'm not at a point where I can tolerate being around an intoxicated person. My own boundaries of not drinking are strong; I am uncomfortable with the energy and emotion that intoxicated people carry. I just can't tolerate it. So if in a restaurant or social setting I'm aware when others are drinking, but my friends I spend time with are also sober and in recovery, so I don't often find myself in situations where this comes up, and when it does, I leave.