I’m at 81 days and another let down. I was all ready to go out with a different person I used to really like. He said he was concerned he had to Uber me and myself ubering back home. I don’t drive because I fear to drive I coded (died ) twice in a car accident last year in Nov. I woke up in the resuscitation wing of the hospital. The fear of driving and getting behind the wheel seriously shakes me to my core. I get nervous even getting in an Uber after my accident I relapsed heavy drank until I could t feel pain. Finally this year in May I stopped the meds they had me on and said I have to quit drinking as well so I quit in June. This is the longest I have been sober. I was all set and ready to finally hang out, get out and hang out with someone I actually like at one point. Than he started saying it was just weird I don’t want to drive. Why is my fear and traumatic experience an issue to others. Being sober already makes me emotional and that just made it worse. People don’t get I am already dealing with so much instead of beinga. Friend they make it seem like I’m the weird one for being sober and also not driving. My accident wasn’t alcohol related but the pain from the accident made me drink until I passed out to numb the physical pain.
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Screw em if they cant empathize with you. You dodged a bullet in my opinion. That sounds like a very scary experience. Totally understandable.
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That sucks, feeling alienated like that. I understand. Maybe you’re lucky though: the people who aren’t a good fit will be obvious. 
That kind of trauma digs very deep. You have a right to feel that way, difficult as it is, and no one is entitled to judge you for it.
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