Rough night last night.
We had friends over for dinner. Sitting out on the patio on a warm night really made me want to have some wine along with everyone else. I've been clean for two years now, and I haven't had any major urges in a while. Then I thought how the evening would have progressed in the past. I would have gotten buzzed. Then, after our friends left and my wife went to bed, I would continue drinking until I got super hammered and would pass out in front of the tv. So instead, I did the dishes and cleaned the kitchen while they were outside. I came out and sat with them from time to time, figuring they really wouldn't notice I wasn't there. And the conversations were somewhat wine fueled, which can be pretty boring if you're not drinking. So I got through it unscathed. Whew!
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Congrats.
I shy away from most group circumstances involving cocktails. Or even dinners with wine. The conversations never seem to be very interesting.
Congratulations on your present life!
I'm in a 12 step program. Not had a drink in almost 17 years. Do you have anyone you can call in case things get, you know, weird? Sometimes talking with someone else helps those feelings pass.
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Yeah - I get that. I drink alot, but I just sorta sip all day, never really getting a "buzz", but my friends all seem to wanna "catch up" and drink what I drink in a day within a couple of hours.
I'm the same with weed (it's legal here ya know 
) - just a puff or two now and then, not bowl after bowl, joint after joint to the point where ur train of thought keeps getting derailed . . .
Anyhoo - congrats on your success with the "battle"
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You did the next right thing, doing the dishes. It gets easier. 24 years sober here and no regrets. 
