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Originally Posted by sarahsweets
This is something I experienced before I got sober. I was a people pleaser in that I would go along with someone out of fear of them not liking me. Since I got sober I am much more sure of myself. Politics is the only thing I have trouble with now. Before the world went to hell in a hand basket it was always that you could have different political beliefs and set them aside for the sake of a relationship. Now, its hard for me to overlook when someone believes something so opposite to what I believe in. I will avoid all I can when it comes to talking about it and have warned friends- "no politics" but if they violate that guideline over and over I have had to cut ties.
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That is great that you are sober now and that you no longer go along with those people. I can understand why you went along out of fear of being disliked. In the past, I've agreed with people on some stuff just to prevent confrontation myself. Especially politics or religion. I hate talking about that stuff and I know how mean people can get so I usually just agree with whatever views they have. At most, maybe I'll say I'm in the middle which is the case at times but other times, I just go along with it. Hate doing that but sometimes I feel like I have no choice.