Originally Posted by
atalose 
If you know she is going to attempt to gain your permission (no doubt to use against you later) then I would not take the call.
There was a possibility that she might, and that's what had me freaked out. INSTEAD! we got caught up on each other's day, she explained that she was going to go over to give her friend a sympathetic ear, and announced that she wasn't going to drink/was going to NOT drink. To which I said, "I appreciate that."
Which, I think, is about as well as it possibly could have gone. Thank you guys for your support!
CE Girl,
I like the "gradual and natural" idea. That's my biggest issue right now: teaching myself not to obsess and worry every time there's a possiblity. It's so hard to not want to know!