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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, looks like I need to provide a little more info.  The issue I am mainly concerned about is her driving home drunk. She has children that she would be driving.  Yes, I could call a taxi, but also trying to avoid a situation where she is home alone drunk with her kids.  I'm the only family she and her kids have, so not inviting her is not an option.  Trying not to reveal too much personal info here, but iI'll just say that her alcoholism is confirmed by professionals- it's not just my personal opinion.  [/quote]

You can either enable her, or not enable her. Enabling her would be let her come over, get drunk, stay overnight at your house.  Not enabling her would be tell her she can come, but she can't bring alcohol and don't serve any, and if she doesn't like it, she can stay home. I know someone that drove drunk and as a result someone died. He's now in jail awaiting sentencing. Don't let your sister wind up like that, or worse yet, it could be her kids that get killed by her drunk driving.  Not inviting her is an option.  Or invite the kids without her.  She can stay home drunk by herself if she chooses the bottle over her kids and your family.[/quote]

I'm going to say either you call her and say that you will pick up the kids so that they have Christmas.  She can stay home and drink.  Or that if she starts getting drunk at your house, you call a taxi and put her in it.  Bye Bye.  The kids stay with you.

OP, when you say "not inviting her is not an option" because you are her only family, blah blah, this is the bind that alcoholics put you in.  But really, you always have a choice.  Because she is making a choice.[/quote]

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