I’m 37 and stopped drink at 18 after I realised I didn’t really like it nor a lot of the people I hung around with. Other than a small drink at a wedding I’ve n

I’m 37 and stopped drink at 18 after I realised I didn’t really like it nor a lot of the people I hung around with. Other than a small drink at a wedding I’ve not had a drink in almost twenty years. Just isn’t for me. To answer your question though I do all the normal stuff everyone else does just without the alcohol. I still went to the pub with new friends and colleagues. I just didn’t drink alcohol. Sure it was a bit odd at first, more so for others than me I think. But it soon became normal and I had just as much fun as I did before but without feeling crap the next morning. You mention your friends are alcoholics. If that is true I would probably suggest finding new friends as it sounds like they’re just a big of an issue on your desensitisation of fun as alcohol is.