Going Sober and Your Drinking Buddies
I quit drinking alcohol a couple years ago becaused I realized I had a problem. Everybody I know has been told by me that I don’t drink anymore. Yet when I went to a party the other day, I was offered alcohol a couple times. And one of my good friends was telling me before the party about how they would have all kinds of good alcohol. The kinds I used to drink. Why was he telling me this? Well, he’s told me before that he thinks I don’t have a problem. The last drink I had was with him when I was having relationship problems with the wife. He didn’t try to get me to stop even though I hadn’t had a drink in a year or so. So I’ve come to the conclusion that he wants me to drink. I used to be his drinking buddy. And those times are long gone. I know he feels uncomfortable drinking around me at times.
It’s pretty odd for a so called friend, whom I’ve told that I am an alcoholic, to want me to drink. I suppose misery loves company. Drinking used to be the only way that my friends and I could express ourselves. After going sober, I relearned how to be myself naturally. Now maybe I need to have a talk with the so called friend about what he is doing.