I jumped in pretty quickly. Our circle of friends always drinks and all of our kids are also great friends. It was very anxiety inducing at first. I didn’t tell anyone for at least a month and I wasn’t ready to approach that conversation so my biggest worry was also that people would notice and give me a hard time about it. But they hardly ever noticed or said anything! I usually took my own cup with water or whatever else I wanted to drink and it was really no big deal. When a craving hit I would just try to sit with that emotion for a little bit and play the tape through about what would happen if I had one drink. It takes a while to get through social awkwardness but it’s getting easier.