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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sometimes friends turn out to not as good friends as we hope they will be.  I have a neighborhood mom friend that I am learning has always been more of a drinking buddy and not an actual friend.  Over the past few months I’ve cut way down on drinking and I have been on  weight loss and exercise plan that is going really well.  It’s been a slow process but I’ve lost 10 pounds and I feel great.  My friend has NOT reacted well to it.  She makes snarky comments about it just about every time I see her.  She also talks negatively about it to mutual friends of ours.  I am getting to the point where I am going to say something about it instead of awkwardly laughing it off.  It’s disappointing because I thought she was a good friend, so it makes me sad that she is so strongly opposed to me taking steps to improve myself.  I know it’s rooted in jealousy and her feelings about herself.   I know I need to say something in a nice way that gets the message across, but I don’t think it will go over well.  If it doesn’t I will likely have to just distance myself from her.  I am a middle age woman- I am too old for people in my life who try to bring me down instead of lifting me up and encouraging me to be my best. [/quote]

When I quit drinking in my late 20s, I lost all my friends. I was shocked because I thought, oh, they'll want to make this healthy choice too! We'll do it together! For some people, drinking is a very big part of their identity. [/quote]

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