How To Survive Social Events Without Alcohol
If we only lived for ourselves, life would be easy. But we live in a society where things are expected of us. We’re expected to go to our friend’s dinner party, to our nephew’s birthday party, to your brother’s graduation and your roommate’s wedding. We can’t get out of it forever. There is a social pressure for us to be around other people and around alcohol.
Why Sobriety Feels So Boring At First
There’s one other issue—when you hang out with people who drink, at some point the vibe shifts. As the alcohol makes its way through their veins, you are still sober. Suddenly they are laughing at things that aren’t funny, getting angry at things that don’t make sense and defending viewpoints you never knew they had. And you are just—you.
Can you quit drinking without AA?
I went to AA twice a week for four months back in the beginning of my journey. I always spoke and shared my feelings, my thoughts, my doubts. My companions always treated me with kindness and I felt like the group meetings were useful.