I confess...

Oh, btw, I rode the GSIAD last week sober. It was unbelievably fun.

This and @dancing james, you saying you went to GSIAD and the birthday party sober is good to hear.

Right now I'm struggling to imagine doing alcohol centred things while sober, even though I've done it in the past.

I stopped drinking beer at home a few weeks ago, more in an attempt to lose a bit of weight than anything else, and did this quite easily by replacing the beers in the fridge with nice soft drinks so maybe taking a similar approach when I'm these situations where alcohol is a focal point would work too.

I think for a while I've been telling myself that I don't have a problem while using alcohol in a way that really indicates I do. Maybe not the biggest or worst problem but still.

Something that I find difficult is that I really associate alcoholism with things I don't do, like going to the pub every night after work, binge drinking at the weekends that kind of thing, but that's such a narrow minded way of looking at it I guess.

I'd like to still be able to enjoy a nice beer occasionally and stuff like that but I don't know if doing that while cutting out the 'other' drinking is really a possibility for me. I think if I could do this it'd be more sustainable than cutting it out completely.