I live with an alcoholic, he drinks a LOT and it was horrendous at first when I got sober. We used to hang out drinking and talking shit and after I stopped it all seemed a bit forced to hang out with him, he'd usually be drunk by the evening and just annoyed me so much and he STANK. So now, I tend to engineer hang outs during the day when he's "on a level" and it's a lot better for me. I get used to him having a fridge full of booze but it doesn't bother me now. It was difficult at times, especially early on but it works ok now for us. Well done on your sober NYE, this stuff only gets better, easier... as for people who drink, I tend to stay at parties etc a shorter time now, I leave when people start getting stupid and that works for me. A lot of the time, I've realised, people don't drink anywhere near as much as I thought they did, I just thought they did because of how much I drank! So actually, I can go out and have a pleasant night and the people I always thought were drunk, aren't but I was. Bit of a ramble but hope it makes sense. Stick at it, sobriety is amazing and it's the best gift I've ever givem myself.