Social Anxiety

I have social anxiety. I thought that time coupled with awareness would make it go away. Well guess what? It takes work....real effort to confront this demon. Meaning that today I am going to a dinner party. N0 nothing fancy just a group of people who know each other....except for me....I agreed....the last time I went up there was last summer....I feel bad. It has nothing to do with them as people...they are great. I just can't handle it.....so tonight I am going to handle it....