I am pretty new to this app. I am trying to find sober people to talk to. I can't go anywhere anymore without alcohol or people drinking. I can drive past the liquor store, I can drive by a bar. But I can't avoid the grocery stores or go out to eat at a nice restaurant. I think it's easier to be a hard drug addict in recovery rather then be recovering alcoholic. It isn't shoved in your face like alcohol is. I have cut myself of from everything and everyone, literally.
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The right friends will come along just be patient
It's not because being a addict alcohol is the hard up way and I moved back home to Tennessee 2 years ago and I still don't really go anywhere except for work because I don't want to be drugg into something that I don't want any part of
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I've been able to put all the hard drugs down so much easier. It has a lot to do with the availability of alcohol for me. You can't just go the grocery store and find a cocane shelf lol. I can't be around it at all at thos point, I will drink it.
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Mandy, I hear you. Booze is everywhere! Just think of the food addicts/over eaters. That must be insanely hard!
In my experience I found isolation was a long walk off a short pier too. So in person AA meetings really helped me. Being around people dealing with the same issues and supporting each other just made sense. I found relief and life long solutions.
I’m here if you ever want to talk or have any questions
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I tried AA once, but I am not Christian and this particular group was very faith based. I need to find a group that is along with my beliefs or no religion at all. I know they are out there. I think i would like to do something online first.
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Hey hit me I'm not religious and am sober. I could use some more sober friends as well. I hope you find what you're looking for and I hear ya about the fact that alcohol seems to be everywhere. It sux but you'll get through it ! 
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Mandy I know how you feel. I myself am agnostic but go to meetings mostly just for the friendships I started. I am 4 year and 3 months sober and never made it past step 2…It can be done with the right people behind you and I am here if you ever need to talk.
AA wasn't for me either (I am Christian) and that's ok! I found women for sobriety online (it's secular) and it has changed my life and my thinking so much! Reading the statements everyday multiple times and doing their online meetings and workbooks. You should give it a shot! 
Hey im new here and also in the same exact situation. Ill be your friend. I need one so bad too. I have no support and lost everything and everyone. My fiance even walked. So, hit me up! I'd love to talk recovery and all that good stuff that we need so bad right now. Let me know!
Matt, from Texas.
I feel this so much! I too have lost many relationships because I don’t participate in that behaviour anymore. Hang in there you, anytime you need to reach out please do
Exactly. Alcohol is shoved in our face the most. I like to remember in a world that profits off of impulse, sobriety is counter culture. F the system!
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Hi there, it is tuff to avoid alcohol, it’s in our face everywhere and with everybody. I feel like an outcast when I go out with my friends/family. I especially hate it when drinkers I know feel they have to change or hide drinking whenever I’m around. I’m a big boy, I can handle watching people drink. I just choose not to anymore, I guess that makes me a different person now