Hi Christina!

I was kinda chuckling as I read your post, only because I think you are probably just fine not going.

I drank a LOT in my 20's, to the point of where we would go out one night, go drink at lunch and then go again to happy hour that night. We would do this several nights in a row for weeks. I started thinking I had a drinking problem, but my friends were telling me NO. I struggled with it back and forth for awhile, till I moved on in life (changed jobs, saw these people less and less) and then I just slowed down a lot and finally stopped.

From your description it sounds like I drank a LOT more over a longer period of time than you did, and I don't consider myself an alcoholic, although my older sis was and died from it . I just stopped on my own and I don't think I have had a drink for about 8 or 9 years. Prior to that I drank maybe once or twice a year after slowing down.

I think your friend that needs it is doing that to take the attention off of himself. And I am sure that they all also care very much about you.