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42 years old and I am meeting my adult self for the first time! Emotions are huge! Will I like myself? Will others like me? Will I fit in with other adults? Will I be that junior high kid in an adult body staying home on a Friday night because nobody wants to hang with me? This my friends is what it feels like when I am sober. 

In the last 8 years, most of our social life has been centered around hanging with groups of people who drank. Going to bars to listen to music,to play pool or darts, drinking craft beer, driveway parties, pool parties, dinner parties, tailgating, etc. I never really paid much attention to the few who didn't drink, besides that they always seemed to be in a pissy mood and not socializong with everyone. What did they do? What did they drink? I didn't want to be like them! 

How am I going to be sober and fit in? All these friends have known me as a drinking friend. They may not like me as a sober friend? It's beyond an emotional time for me.