Well im not back in England till 10th Jan! I'm catsitting in Barcelona...where i know...no-one much...so will be hitting lots of AA meetings and forcing people to come out for coffee with me (i meant asking;-))...
Yep i remember the christmas times in blighty, if i was doing the family thing i would be going for lots of long walks and skipping the pub bit, finding out what meetings were about...as has been said you just got to suck it up...this is my first xmas sober in 20 years...go with a will have a good time anyway attitude, if it all goes **** up and you think **** this im leaving thats ok too:-)