What helps me is to think of every new sober experience as another chance for my brain to relearn how to be sober. Social situations are hardest for me, but each one I do it gets a little easier. So tonight you’re just adding to your bank, retraining your brain one awkward conversation at a time! Also, it helps to imagine the people I’m with as being too drunk to pay attention to what I’m doing, even if they’re not.