Keep my old drinking buddies?
Hello everyone, I am almost 1-year without a drink.
I never drank everyday but almost every weekend. It's what I did with my husband, our friends, family. Sadly, it was a part of almost everything we did. And, I used it to relieve the stress of a toxic job, kids, feelings of failure.
It hasn't been a problem giving it up. I did so in order to allow my mental health medicine to work. I never want to drink again!!
The problem is that I thought I could hang with the same friends and their drinking would not bother me. Well, I was wrong 😥. To see my husband get drunk with our friends (one a very forward woman) really bothered me. This was on a camping trip and I was stuck with these people. I ended up going to bed early so I didn't have to be around it but was surprised at how sad and angry I was the next day. I tried to talk to my husband about my feelings but it errupted in a huge fight. This was my choice, not his.
I guess I'm asking for advice. Has anyone been in this situation? How do you relax and relieve stress while you are with people that are drinking, loud, silly? I'm not fun anymore (my thoughts about myself). I don't want to be a hypocrite either 😩.
I'm 50+ and it's really, really hard to make new friends. Any input or even just a "I feel this way too" will help.
Thank you so much!!