mafiaprincessx

Hi, I am on day 24, and I have a question. What do you do when you tell someone you are abstaining from alcohol, and they tell you that they don't want to drink alone? How do you resist peer pressure? It seems funny that people want to tell me what to put inside my body.

Carlotta

I'd tell them that my need to stay sober far supersede their want for a drinking buddy (how pathetic of them btw) then I would give them directions to the nearest bar and send them on their way.

Ps: Read my quote under my avatar. NO is a complete sentence.

mafiaprincessx

Thank you! I totally agree. I don't want to be a hermit, but I don't want to be around people who can't respect my choice to not drink any longer. I want to be healthy and happy, and drinking only brings me down and ruins my health. My friends should support and love me whether I want to drink or not.

Carlotta

Learning to set boundaries takes time
It's a process.
I would also suggest that you start some new activities, (maybe some volunteer work too) so you can make new friends who have interests other than drinking and drugging.

Lostinhk

Mafia - simply, put, a true friend will NOT encourage you to drink if they know your situation. At most they may ask you to join them but will respect you if you say no. Be honest and say you don't enjoy drinking anymore because it just brings you down, if they can't understand that then they are not your friend.

PurpleKnight

Great Job on Day 24!!

For me I saw it as their problem, if they don't want to hang out with you because your choosing coffee or somehthing non alcoholic, what does that say about the friendship? God forbid you had an actual crisis to depend on them for!!

Dee74

Honestly - I had to distance myself from those people, MP.
They didn't have my best interests at heart.

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