Anybody who has an alcohol problem stands in a door frame, trying to maintain his balance. He is either going to feel that he is achieving his best or that he is not achieving at all. This applies particularly in social situations, where we all have insecurities. If you're the kind of individual who feels that something big always has to happen, that each party has to be either the kind you can walk out of in disgust or a great success, you've got a problem. This is the kind of problem I think I had. I think I carry it with me today. I've only not been drinking for two years, so I'm still getting used to the fact that when I go to a party or to a restaurant now, I have to sit and say, Remember, Pete, this doesn't have to be the greatest night of your life. It doesn't matter. If you just have dinner, that's what restaurants are for. We go into them and have dinner and then we go home. It doesn't matter if you don't meet anybody you knew years ago. If these things don't happen, it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to get suicidal.

~ P. Townshend