I wish I didn't have to visit with any alcoholics during the holidays, because they feel it is an excuse to get falling-down plastered first thing in the morning and they don't have to hide it because hey, IT'S PARTY TIME. It makes me want to go home. A couple of years ago was the worst it got, my bil was hammered, filthy dirty and stunk to high heaven. His daughter was so embarrassed. Do you have any of these in your family?
I never have more that two beers, or drinks at Holiday parties. Usually I don't drink at them at all. One year at my grandparents I took the role of bartender. One of my aunts from back east kept coming back for manhattans. I noticed that every time she came for another one, she was more talkative. I was about to cut her off when she came stumbling to the bar with her dress unbuttoned low enough that I could see her bra (with a couple of wads of tissue stuffed under her bra straps for some reason). lol But she just shuffled by saying "I'm going for a nap now, thanks for the drinks, you make a mean manhattan, you." She was funny.
My entire family is like this, it's mad awesome. I think last year I was drunk for a week straight and didn't sleep at all.
yes, if BIL means brother in law? My BIL goes on coke binges and sleeps when everyone should be awake, spends all his time on the phone making plans to party, has black eyes and gives my kids shit. What a loser.
Yes, it means brother in law. And I'm not talking about happy partying with your family, I'm talking about people who can't take care of themselves and make everyone around them uncomfortable due to their addictions.
Yep, my father. And it is getting harder and harder to face him as the years pass. We routinely blow off holidays. After over 4 decades of the daily drama and holiday bullshit, it just gets so fucking tiresome. Frankly, I'd rather engage my own primary addiction and smoke a joint. At least I'll be engaged in a friendly way when I am in the family zone.
My family doesn't drink...Daniel's dad is an ex-alcoholic (I say ex because he hasn't had a drink in years and years and years, saying "recovering" makes it sound like he just quit drinking yesterday), and Daniel's mom doesn't drink. I get to have wine at my aunt's if we go over there, though. But she drinks gross stuff, so it's never all that fun, haha.
I cant be arsed with the holidays coming up either, i am currently t-total from alcohol so i will probably be the only sober scotsman up here this chritmas/new year so i cant wait to its over. Only thing keeping me going is knowing everyones going to be dying in january and i'll be fresh as a daisy plus im doing ayahuasca round about that time.
Nope, just my mom n dad !!!RoFL!!! Personally, I like to drink tanqueray or some sort of gin around the holidays. Ingesting pine needle flavored intoxicants makes me feel all Christmasy... not sure why, just a habit i guess. But I don't get all balls to the wall plastered "Someone help me up so I can make barfs on you" kind of drunk lol. Just get a buzz on, enough to where you're coherent enough your family doesn't think you have a drinking problem. The Holidays are no excuse for your alcoholism! lol drink respectfully and responsively, I say.
my alcoholics are slowly dying off. there's still several left though. the worst thing about it is that i can't even have a beer with the family because then my mom will cry since drinking a beer apparently means i'm my dad.
Yeah. But they usually take it to a minimum. They can't find their shoes when they go to leave, or they have too much wine, puke in the bathroom and lay on the couch before they leave. I don't mind it though. People have very, very few holidays and rarely get together with family nowadays. It doesn't bother me as long as they aren't driving or being violent. I wouldn't kill anyone's buzz just because they it's a holiday.
