# How do you handle being sober when a large number of your friends drink?

**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/how-do-you-handle-being-sober-when-a-large-number-of-your-friends-drink/164087
**Category:** Life in Recovery
**Tags:** alcohol, sobriety
**Created:** [May 8, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/how-do-you-handle-being-sober-when-a-large-number-of-your-friends-drink/164087 "2023-05-08T18:12:03Z")
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### Author: ![Dazercat](https://talkingsober.com/user_avatar/talkingsober.com/dazercat/32/470527_2.png) [@Dazercat](https://talkingsober.com/u/Dazercat)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/how-do-you-handle-being-sober-when-a-large-number-of-your-friends-drink/164087/3 "2023-05-08T18:28:21Z")

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Welcome Mbani.  
That definitely makes it harder.  
Here’s some good reading for ya.

> [@Advice for the Newcomer and Constant Relapser](https://talkingsober.com/t/advice-for-the-newcomer-and-constant-relapser/11064):
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> Sobriety and recovery is a process of walking away from the old days of drinking/using that don’t work anymore. It’s embracing uncomfortable change for the better and deciding to not stay where you were. It’s learning to love yourself enough to say “I can’t live like this anymore and I need help”. Please add here the advice that you would like to gives to others. What tips and tricks has worked for your sobriety? What can someone newly sober expect on this journey?

🙏🏻❤

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