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first sober concert...need feedback!

I posted on the addiction site but just discovered this group and thought this was probably the place to go so here is my question...

I have been off of the pain killers for 46 days.  I am doing a recovery program so I am not drinking or doing any drugging :)  Truly trying to be clean and sober.  I have actually started feeling pretty good over the last week and a half.  So here is my question...live music has always been a huge passion for me.  I had concert tickets for 2 weeks ago and I did not think I was ready for that so I did not go.  I have concert tickets for tonight and they are for one of my top 3 favorite bands.  I love them!  However, it is at a club and I am nervous.  I am not nervous about using vicodin or pain meds but I am nervous about wanting to drink.  I am used to having some beer when I am at live shows and often smoking pot so I am nervous about wanting to do those things.  I want to go and I really want to see if I can enjoy the music sober and if so (which I am quite sure I will) I think it will be a big relief/accomplishment in my sobriety but I am also nervous and wondering if it is too early.  I do have a plan.  I am driving there so I will have my car if I want to leave.  I am going with 3 friends and all of them know everything and know I will not be drinking, etc.  They also know if I want to leave they leave or take a taxi home and they said they would not drink around me.  Any thoughts????  I need some feedback!!!  Also, on this same note.  I am happy to be learning to live completely sober and I think I need to do this but have any of you stayed clean from the narcotics but gone back to social drinking?  I am just wondering if I will be ok to drink in the future if I want to.  I know that right now the slope is too slippery but wondering if it will stay that way forever.  Thank you!
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Sorry there hasnt been much movement in this forum, I just got in it today..

I think the first concert I went to sober was somewhere around 3 or 4 months sober, and smoking pot was a big part of my addiction (my drug of chioce were opiates). What I did was went with a sober friend and it really helped. If you cant get any sober friends to go, at least keep them on speed dial so if you feel that urge you can call them and get it off your chest. as addicts we are not responsible for the first thought of wanting to use, but we are responsible for what we do with that thought.

How did it go for you? hope it worked out alright!
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I think I have all ready answered my own question about the eventual return to drinking...after thinking about it I know that the slope will always remain too slippery for an addict.  however - I still want some advice about the concert!
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