An obstacle that I am overcoming

I got an M.I.P in April 2009. Now today, I am bumping into my old friends and saying no to drugs because I want to live a healthy life and be their for my family when they need me. I still have a hard time to leave my old friends in the past that I got an M.I.P with. I guess people don't know the word no and stay away. I lost a lot of friends over drinking. I just want the best for my family and I. Yes I can admit that I do talk to my friends that I got an M.I.P with, but I would never get back into drinking alcohol and smoking. My old friends always ask me, "Do you want to drink tonight"? I have to turn it down. Then they try peer pressure. They seem to always think in their little minds that I am still the old Mackenzie and party a lot. I tell them that people change and it is part of growing up.