That ' s so clever ! Insted of a lot of draws we would get grandmasters scoring 012 against a senseless computer ! I would have the same score and be a world champion too ! <| sep |> At the bowling alley a couple of my friends knew that I had stopped drinking from other gettogethers . A couple others didn ' t even realize I was drinking soda water , or didn ' t think anything of it , so I didn ' t bring it up . Most of my friends have done dry months in the past , a couple have quit drinking , and some are alcoholics that in part want to quit or cut down . Not one of them would give me a hard time for not drinking . So far , no one has really dug in with questions about my decision . I think most of them are just impressed or happy for me . One is pretty jealous of the weight that dropped off .