Sober at a cocktail making course
21/12/11 • 2 Comments

Tonight I took my first tentative (and somewhat hesitant) steps into my HSM pledge by going to a friend’s birthday party… to a bar for a cocktail making course. Ok so I RSVP’d before starting HSM. I don’t really know any of her other friends so was pretty nervous about going to a party full of strangers. I was even more nervous knowing that I couldn’t rely on getting drunk to make conversation. Surprisingly I managed to bumble through the conversation, make some passible cocktails (I gave them away) and actually ended up having a great time. Prior to now I’ve been a pretty heavy drinker and was worried about telling people about the sobriety pledge. What would they think? Would they accept it? Would they pressure me to drink? Would they think I’m a recovering alcoholic in the 12-step program? I definitely felt pressure to drink (which only increased [...]