A conversation I have had several times in the last week (Baltimore is kind of a small town)

When you stop going to AA meetings, it can be a little awkward. Because then you feel compelled to have the following conversation:

Speaker What is said What is meant Me: "Hey, how's it going?" "Look, I'm not ashamed to come up and talk to you. That's because I haven't started drinking." Him: "Oh, what's up? How've you been?" "Have you started drinking a…