So I've been lurking seddit for a couple months now and I've been able to incorporate a lot of the inner game and kino tips. I discovered seddit right before I went on a 4-week backpacking trip, where I just kinda thrusted myself into killing my AA and doing whatever the fuck I wanted. I highly suggest using a vacation to start learning.

What I struggle with now is that I have come back to my home town and I have a huge network of people who I see out, ALL OF THE TIME. I live in a major city but work in a very small industry where everyone knows everyone. I can't go to a bar without seeing someone I know. Now that I have started to actively opening sets on strangers, I get weird looks/bad vibes from my friends and acquaintances. I've been pretty beta for most of my life and I have trouble asserting myself as Alpha amongst a social circle that knew me before.

A lot of the guides say, be willing to lose friends, but I that seems a little silly to me. I've actually contemplated moving to another city. Has anyone else experienced this?