Comment: Good job on your new found sobriety.

I read your other Globe article when you were trying to say no, but still drinking.

Then and now you focus on your environment rather than on yourself: People are boring when you are sober, your friends don't know a thing about you (you do?).  You get mixed feedback at work, from your family. 

All these sound like justifications you hear from substance (ab)users to explain their (ab)use.

I can only imagine how difficult is to stay sober. But your attitude is not the right one.

One thing to always remember: the jerk you were when you were drinking. That jerk is gone now.

Good luck.