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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dry holidays. She’ll be too bored and shaky to stay up. [/quote]

You really can’t be this naive to think that an alcoholic won’t figure out how to bring/get their own liquor. My dad would visit with his own vodka and oj to drink at 6am. [/quote]

NP. This exactly. My fil and sil each drink glasses of vodka the way the rest of us drink glasses of water, no exaggeration. Us not having it on hand would only mean that they stop at the liquor store on the way to our house. My sil has laughed in my face when I've tried to remove a hydroflask full of vodka and ice before she gets behind the wheel, and then take her keys. And guess what: I'm looked at as the uptight teetotaler in the family.

Point being, people who want to drink will find a way to drink. The only thing we can do is limit the access they have to us and our time. (And call the police if they drive under the influence.) We don't host whole-family gatherings anymore because neither DH or I could take it.[/quote]

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