what do you say at social events..
It gets easier as time goes by. Since I've stopped drinking over six months ago, I lost weight, so now I just say, "No, I want to keep these pounds off, and not drinking is the only way to do it." If you're thin, you can just use the antibiotics excuse or the headaches excuse or any excuse. More and more people are not drinking or drinking very mildly at parties and won't press you if you don't want to drink. Perhaps your not drinking is making your friends uncomfortable about their own drinking? Perhaps they are worried about losing a drinking buddy?
It's not easy at first, but you can do it. I didn't do anything very social for the first two months, and it was lonely, but I managed. It got easier after a while.
Incidently, I don't think that having a cold O'Doul's is a bad idea for whoever wrote that. Whatever works to keep you sober!
Hugs,:l
Kathy
It gets easier as time goes by. Since I've stopped drinking over six months ago, I lost weight, so now I just say, "No, I want to keep these pounds off, and not drinking is the only way to do it." If you're thin, you can just use the antibiotics excuse or the headaches excuse or any excuse. More and more people are not drinking or drinking very mildly at parties and won't press you if you don't want to drink. Perhaps your not drinking is making your friends uncomfortable about their own drinking? Perhaps they are worried about losing a drinking buddy?
It's not easy at first, but you can do it. I didn't do anything very social for the first two months, and it was lonely, but I managed. It got easier after a while.
Incidently, I don't think that having a cold O'Doul's is a bad idea for whoever wrote that. Whatever works to keep you sober!
Hugs,:l
Kathy
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