Alcohol & Emet

[Peter]

I'm not bragging or complaining but my life, family, career were ruined by 30 yrs. of alcoholism. I'm now abstinent 23 years and a credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor working with women in recovery. We've had to learn how to socialize without the booze and quite frankily have found more fun with clean and sober friends than we ever dreamed possible. If you must be in the presence of those who drink, then quietly say,"Alcohol doesn't agree with my system." and have ginger ale, or if you don't like sweet soft drinks, have plain tonic water. Good friends understand. My female clients are proud of their sobriety and more attractive to the type of men who don't imbibe than those who drink- and sometimes drug. I realize this may sound severe now but in the long run you'll be a happier person. My work day is spent with trying to pick up the pieces of the lives of the saddest women who today wished they never started drinking, drugging and smoking in the first place.