Confronting a friend

Tonight I confronted a friend, well one of my oldest friends.
He just texted me asking for a lift home from the pub. He lives about twenty minutes drive away.
Now, I was good enough to ask for a lift but didn't ask me to come to the pub.
I said no but this time , asked him why he hadn't invited me, thinking as my councillor puts it "whats the worst that can happen?"
I got a reply back saying he never knows if I am at home (I work in a big city and just home now and then - not a good excuse) and I sometimes say no - again not a good excuse.
Normally, I would have just said no, (as I had been drinking for real) and internalised it and been annoyed but this year is different.
This is my year of confidence and one of my goals is to confront those that needed it and thats what I done.
I realised that although I wasn't as cheeky or confrontational as others may be, I did go out with the norm and confront. Hopefully, this is the turning point and they realise that I am no longer the pushover I use to be.