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I was just telling a senior manager at work about our visit to Biltmore. As we were ending our conversation, he asked if we went to the winery. I simply said that we didn't have time. I know I don't have to volunteer any information about my alcoholism, but I still am unprepared to answer without little white lies when asked directly about things that involve alcohol. Another instance is a co-worker that wants me to work on his ailing home PC. He sent an email detailing the problem and requesting my help and ended it with, "OR would you rather stop by the house and drink cheap beer (or decent wine) while fixing it?" Fortunately, other options were presented, so I'll likely not even have to address it, but it's a good example of what I periodically am presented with. I suppose the greater part of the slight discomfort in both of these situations is that both of these people have known me at work for a long time, 16+ and 9+ years respectively. They know that I used to drink, but don't know that I don't anymore. The senior manager was my senior manager at one point of my frequently-get-drunk-and-miss-work-due-to-a-MAJOR-hangover phase that lasted several years. I suppose he'd probably be happy to know I don't do that anymore...