Scary part is, 10 out of 12 times, they miss.
I worried about Holiday parties when I got sober.
When I first got sober, I practiced saying
"I'll have a coke, please"
"plain coke"
"Coke for me".
It worked. More than ten years now.
I thought people would care. THey didn't.
"What the H@@@ Happened to You?" One friend said.
"You have skin-tone now!!!"
That was it.
Also, Ginger Ale with a splash of Orange Juice is really tasty!!
It works like a charm. Oddly, they usually thank us the next morning. That last drink is the one that causes the hangover.
I went on a bachelor party weekend a month or so ago. One of the single guys stayed up until 2AM drinking. I got up to cook breakfast at 6:30AM and he staggered in at 8AM asking if everyone hurt as bad as him. Nothing but stares and a unison "Uhh...no".