Peer pressure and social pressure to drink alcohol

I got an email this week from someone worried about quitting drinking and then having to battle against the peer pressure and social pressure to have a drink. This leaped out at me because at last week's Quit Drinking Bootcamp in New York this very issue was a huge obstacle for one lady at the event. She was a corporate lawyer and socializing with clients and alcohol seemed to her to be unbreakably linked.  So let's talk about peer pressure