intriptik

So here I am tonight, 6th day sober. The shakes, anxiety, and nervousness is gone. My wife and I had plans to go out with a very good friend for sushi and drinks after. Now, I've not told anyone except my wife that I've stopped drinking yet. I didn't want to set myself up for embarrassment in case I couldn't make it. Now we arrive at the sushi restaurant and I order a tea and my friends all get sake and beers and I inform them of my progress; I also reveal a little about my problem with drinking. It was all well received and my good friend even suggested I not follow them to the bar. That was a great relief because I didn't want to go to the bar this soon, but felt obligated due to my friends birthday. First test, passed. Tomorrow makes day 7! Thanks guys!

DAB

That's great, intriptic!
Congratulations on 6 days sober!
It took me months before I could be around people drinking without negative thinking.

intriptik

Yeah I was kinda conflicted about it. Not so much the dinner cause I knew I'd have options and conversation/distractions to keep me from slipping. I think it'd be a different story at a bar. Since it was his celebration I was willing to risk it, glad he gave me the option not to, guilt free. I really think its too soon and I guess he did too.

MythOfSisyphus

Congrats! The first time you go into a situation where you used to drink automatically it's a little stressful. Sounds like you got thru it just fine.