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<blockquote data-quote="dashcat" data-source="post: 546992" data-attributes="member: 9175"><p>Thanks, all. No, not a good sign in the least. I guess was from the naive school of thinking that alcoholism grew out of long time use (like Mr. Ostrich) where the individuals just drank more and more over a long period. Most of my extended family drinks - and in all but one case, it is simply social drinking. </p><p></p><p>I could see (but wouldn't love it) if difficult child was at a party and overconsumed. I always hated the drinking games like beer pong, but thought of it as something younger kids do and then most of them grow out of it.</p><p></p><p>She was not here when brother in law and sister in law were here. She was certainly included (and I would not have said anything if she had a glass of wine with our dinner). She opted not to stay and I think it is because she didn't want to answer the "how are you/what are you/doing" questions from well-meaning relativies. sister in law and brother in law aren't braggy, but their kids are very accmomplished: one is working on his PhD, one just got his Masters and got married, the youngest just graduated from Northwestern with honors. It's hard for her, so she stayed away. Her little binge didn't come until two nights later.</p><p></p><p>As to whether I lock it up, I guess I'll wait and see. She knows I know how much there is. I have no hard liquor, only wine and, on occasion, beer. It's pretty easy to keep track of how much there is. This might be a bit of denial on my part but, honestly, I hate being "prison" as a result of HER behavior. I'd like to think I can have a glass of wine on my back porch without having to go into stealth mode. Believe me, if the time comes that she were to enter a recovery program .... something I suspect she will need if this pattern is what it looks like ... then I would not have anything around to tempt her. But now? She just goes to her boyfriends or to Dex's for whatever pleases her. </p><p></p><p>She's going on vacation with DEX and his girlfriend on Friday. DEX and girlfriend are both big drinkers, so I'm sure the bar will be open for her. Nothing I can do about it. The saving grace is that the girlfriend's alcoholic, drug dealing 23year old son isn't going. Originally, he was and I was less than thrilled.</p><p></p><p>Serenity prayer time.</p><p></p><p>Dash</p><p></p><p>And, Calamity, she was most likely too drunk and defiantly disinterested in the consequences to hide the bottles. Also, she knew i'd know because I knew how much had been in the wine rack to begin with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dashcat, post: 546992, member: 9175"] Thanks, all. No, not a good sign in the least. I guess was from the naive school of thinking that alcoholism grew out of long time use (like Mr. Ostrich) where the individuals just drank more and more over a long period. Most of my extended family drinks - and in all but one case, it is simply social drinking. I could see (but wouldn't love it) if difficult child was at a party and overconsumed. I always hated the drinking games like beer pong, but thought of it as something younger kids do and then most of them grow out of it. She was not here when brother in law and sister in law were here. She was certainly included (and I would not have said anything if she had a glass of wine with our dinner). She opted not to stay and I think it is because she didn't want to answer the "how are you/what are you/doing" questions from well-meaning relativies. sister in law and brother in law aren't braggy, but their kids are very accmomplished: one is working on his PhD, one just got his Masters and got married, the youngest just graduated from Northwestern with honors. It's hard for her, so she stayed away. Her little binge didn't come until two nights later. As to whether I lock it up, I guess I'll wait and see. She knows I know how much there is. I have no hard liquor, only wine and, on occasion, beer. It's pretty easy to keep track of how much there is. This might be a bit of denial on my part but, honestly, I hate being "prison" as a result of HER behavior. I'd like to think I can have a glass of wine on my back porch without having to go into stealth mode. Believe me, if the time comes that she were to enter a recovery program .... something I suspect she will need if this pattern is what it looks like ... then I would not have anything around to tempt her. But now? She just goes to her boyfriends or to Dex's for whatever pleases her. She's going on vacation with DEX and his girlfriend on Friday. DEX and girlfriend are both big drinkers, so I'm sure the bar will be open for her. Nothing I can do about it. The saving grace is that the girlfriend's alcoholic, drug dealing 23year old son isn't going. Originally, he was and I was less than thrilled. Serenity prayer time. Dash And, Calamity, she was most likely too drunk and defiantly disinterested in the consequences to hide the bottles. Also, she knew i'd know because I knew how much had been in the wine rack to begin with. [/QUOTE]
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