I definitely couldn't "trade" alcohol for marijuana even if I wanted to lol... weed is definitely an independent, solo substance.. something to sit alone with.. It makes me so weirded out I can't even SPEAK to other people (even those Im really comfortable with) when high. So I don't think I'll be using it as a social lubricant the way I used alcohol.. unless I want people to think I'm a strange paranoid looking silent weirdo. LMAO
I hear ya though, its never good to replace addictions. I did that with alcohol after quitting crack and I see that now, and also see why I did it. Its more about the WHY you drink than how much, IMO. The why is what leads to the problems.
My goal is just to find the type of people I actually ENJOY being around in life...real friends I actually like.. so I don't have to drink myself into a blackout just to tolerate them (the people I was hanging with before literally were intolerable if I wasn't wasted-sad I know but great people are few and far between around here)