lillyknitting

..why would I want to go to a pub/bar if I'm not drinking..!?

ScottFromWI

Because you are an alcoholic?

NorCal1970

To socialize, but depending where you are at in your recovery it could be dangerous.

Zube

I really cannot think of a good reason.

Zubw

Leana

To watch football and eat hot wings.

LadyBlue0527

In recovery we sometimes would agree to trudge through a cesspool if there was a promise of alcohol on the other side.

LDT

I will occasionally go to a bar or pub because I'm a musician, and I go to hear my friends play music. In fact, I went Sunday night and thoroughly enjoyed the music while I drank diet coke.

Gottalife

Because our alcoholic life is the only normal one. I thought life happened in my old bar. Through a spiritual experience I came to see it for what it really was, and it lost its attraction. But the bar(s) and my vicarious existence there was central to my obsession with alcohol.

Climber122

Not recommended in early sobriety - I heard the lead of a guy who described how a relapse started for him when he went into a bar for a sandwich every day for lunch - for weeks. He said he liked eat at the bar and just study the shape of the bottles on the bar - they were pretty, but he had no intention of drinking. Only a drunk (like me) thinks like that Needless to say, one day a drink was added to the sandwich, easy as you please and off to the races again. Thank God he came back in. Don't forget we are powerless against the first drink once it hits the lips - there is no moderation for us. If you must go to a tavern or even a restaurant - anywhere you can get a drink or used to get a drink, it's a good idea to be able to leave on your own (don't rely on another person's car or bus fare etc.) - let another sober alcoholic know you are going, and always have an exit plan. If you feel tempted to drink - time to leave. This is life and death stuff, so take it seriously - you're worth it

MIRecovery

Because an awful of people drink even though they didn't plan to

Bostonsportsfan

Bars can still be fun you just need to have enough self control. If you don't think you can handle it, don't go.

MaxxPower

exactly lilly. why?

thisisme

the band
darts
friends
be a DD
food

why would you want to go to a pub to drink alcohol?

DarkDays

Be sober and have an edge over all the drunk guys trying to pull