Controling women friends

I was so annoyed at my 12-step meeting yesterday. I am in a service job and was trying to do it. I must of had five different women trying to tell me what to do and how their way was better. It drove me crazy. In another time I would have just agreed to everything and seethed. Today I tell them fine, if they want to do things a certain way they can but they have to do it, not me. I realize that my self esteem is better. It takes a certain amount of self esteem to be able to tolerate, even thrive, in relationship areas like the one I'm describing. I was irritated but I found myself gaining confidence too.