Always keep in mind that you having the disease of Alcoholism is your problem. Why I say that is too many times, I see people make a huge deal about not being around anyone drinking. To have that type of view on being sober is not only counter productive on your part, but it also limits your recovery. Which in turn limits how you can live. Now early in your sobriety you should stay away from people drinking or drugging as you have not really learned ways to deal with it. This is only being smart, however as you move along in your recovery you need to make adjustments in your behaviors, just as normal people do. A person who is allergic to peanuts does not avoid people who are eating peanuts, they just don’t eat them. It’s the same with drinking. You will find that you can not always be around sober people, for me I don’t always want to be around sober people, and if I did that would mean cutting my family off, or skipping a lot of family functions. If I get to a point that I start to have any type of craving I simply say good night. No harm no foul, I do the same with my friends who drink. One thing that I tend to stay away from is people using drugs. Not that I have a problem with wanting to do them since I have no desire, but it would be really silly for me to get caught by the Police hanging around with people who are getting high. I have nothing to worry about when it comes to the law so it’s not that I fear getting in trouble, it’s that I don’t need the aggravation. Some of my friends still smoke grass, and they know to hold off till I leave or do it away from me.
The great thing about sobriety is getting decide like a normal person does on what your going to do, and how you wish to live your life.
