Chalmette, When I quit drinking my boyfriend drank and I did not have to give him up in order to get sober. At first he did not drink around me--that helped. Of course he is an alcoholic so that did not last very long--but that is another story. He continued to drink while I stayed sober, but eventually he decided to quit too. What I am trying to say, is that you don't have to give everybody up who drinks. Just talk with them and maybe do things that don't involve alcohol.