pinktee18

I declined a bar invite after saying I would go earlier due to crappy weather and the fact that I'm one day away from being sober. She's like you always bail on me fine I wont you out again. Screw that if a friend can't understand how important sobriety is then I don't need to roll with them.

Tamerua

Sometimes we have to change everything in order to get sober, including friends.

FeenixxRising

She doesn't sound like much of a friend. A friend would suggested going to dinner or doing some activity that didn't involve alcohol.

tomsteve

sobriety showed me who my friends really are.
also showed me it aint worth tryin to explain.

Anna

Yeah, it's time to look around you and see who belongs in your life and who doesn't.

FlyerFan

Definitely. I have learned that sometimes it is way easier to say NO then it is to say yes and feel uncomfortable for the whole night!

FBL

In my case, alcoholism became a matter of life or death. If anybody had a problem with that, then they weren't really my friend to begin with.

Carlotta

Becoming sober will help you weed out who are your true friends and who are just party buddies. I spent one week vacation a little while ago at my best friend's. She is a "normie" who likes a beer here and there and she went out of her way to make sure I had an AA schedule and that there were no booze in her fridge.
What you lose in quantity, youll gain in quality.

Johno1967

When I was a drinker "friends" were nothing more than drinking buddies to use as props for my drinking sprees and sessions. Sobriety teaches us to be true friends instead of "fair weather friends" and drinking buddies. We don't have to please anyone else. If we please ourselves by doing the right thing we can't go wrong and please the right people. We start to draw like minded people and form true friendships that last.