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I think you made good calls OP, and certainly avoiding confrontation was right. 6 months is a really tricky time for someone in recovery, relapses are very common. But look around our high streets and typical social programs and see how hard it is for recovering alcoholics to avoid being near alcohol.
Have you heard about Al anon? The main message there is for us to stay in our own lane while not enabling their drinking. Detach with love. We will never be able to control addiction or be able to make any alcoholic “not drink”, the more you try the more it also hits you… my husband is an alcoholic in recovery. I’ve struggled with that questions you made and deep emotions for many years, and still do. Al anon was only place to find some comfort…
Agree with M1, stay in your lane. You are not responsible for their actions, same time don’t be a douchie friend.
And yes if they are an alcoholic they shouldn’t be drinking. It’s a progressive disease that only gets worse…
So I enabled by not anticipating this would be a situation that he would drink at, and I shouldn’t have invited him. Do I bring it up in retrospect and apologize or just let it pass?
Im sure your intention was not to enable him to drink. Perhaps next time just ask ahead of time how he’s doing and whether he would be ok to be around other people drink or not.
And if he says he’s fine than end up drinking
It’s his deal.
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I can tell you is when I got sober I could not be around any alcohol! For six months I would not go anywhere not even restaurants where people were drinking. Now it’s been 13 years sober